Excerpt from Summary of the Transactions of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Vol. 2: From September 1, 1846, to October 2, 1849, Inclusive In one case of cholera which fell under the Doctor's notice, brought on by eating buckle-berry dumplings, the discharges were of a bright red colour, like poke-berry juice - this colour did not result from the juice of the berries contained in the dumplings, but was evidently a secretion or exhalation from the intestines. This case yielded very readily under the use of the acetate of lead. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.