Article ID: CBB001421950

Dr Thomas Aitchison Latta (c.1796--1833): Pioneer Of Intravenous Fluid Replacement in the Treatment of Cholera (2013)

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In 1832 pandemic cholera travelled across Europe with devastating mortality. Before this, doctors had speculated on the benefits of intravenous therapy but none had tried. Only in 1832 did Thomas Latta perform intravenous infusions. This treatment disappeared after Latta's death. This was mainly due to general medical scepticism, lack of biochemical and physiological knowledge and poor patient selection. Finally, there were no further pandemics comparable with that of 1832 to provide the catalyst to accelerate medical development in this field.

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Authors & Contributors
Abeysinghe, Sudeepa
Almeida, Maria Antónia Pires de
Briese, Olaf
Echenberg, Myron J.
Farias, Rosilene Gomes
Kazanjian, Powel H.
Journals
História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Medicina nei Secoli - Arte e Scienza
Gesnerus
Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
Medizin, Gesellschaft, und Geschichte
Publishers
Cambridge University Press
University of Chicago Press
Akademie-Verlag
University of Exeter
Yale University Press
University of Exeter (United Kingdom)
Concepts
Public health
Disease and diseases
Epidemics
Cholera
Infectious diseases
Pandemics
People
Mayhew, Henry
Pasteur, Louis
Smith, Theobald
Koch, Robert
Kinn, Gustav A.
Andrea Verga
Time Periods
19th century
21st century
20th century
Early modern
20th century, early
20th century, late
Places
Europe
Africa
Brazil
United States
England
Chile
Institutions
World Health Organization (WHO)
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