To those who have attended to the subject of cholera, nothing can be more absurd than to hear people say such or such a case cannot be _the true_ cholera, or the Indian cholera, or the Russian cholera, because _all_ the symptoms ever mentioned are not present: as if, in the epidemic cholera of India and other places, even some of the symptoms considered the most prominent (as spasms, and the disturbance of the stomach and bowels) were not often absent, and that too in some of the most rapidly, fatal cases! I feel persuaded that much injustice is done to a gentleman lately sent to Sunderland, in attributing to him the very ridiculous opinion, _that because_ the disease did not spread, it was _therefore_ not identical with the Indian cholera. No person is justified in speaking of the cholera of India as a disease _sui gineris_, and in which a certain group of severe symptoms are always present, when evidence, such as the following is on record:--"On the 22nd instant, when the men had been duly warned of their danger from not reporting themselves sooner, I got into hospital a different description of cases, viz.--men with a full pulse, hot skin," &c. (_Dr. Burrell to Dr. Milne, Seroor, 27th of July, 1818_)--"But I must tell you that we have, too, cases of common cholera." (_Mr. Craw, Seroor--Bengal Report, p. 48_)--"The cases which terminated favourably presented very different symptoms [from the low form of the disease.] As I saw the men immediately after they were attacked, they came to me with a quick _full_ pulse, and in several instances pain in the head; there was no sweating."--"in several cases _bile_ appeared from the first in considerable quantities in the egesta; and these were more manageable than those in which no bile was ejected, although the spasms and vomiting (the most distressing symptoms of the complaint) were equally violent." (_Mr. Campbell, Seroor,--see Orton, 2nd ed. p. 18_)--"In conclusion, I am happy to inform you that, for the last three days the disease has been evidently on the decline, and, during that period, most of the cases have assumed a different and much milder type, and, comparatively, are little dangerous. It approaches somewhat to fever; the patient complains of severe pain in the legs, sometimes vomiting a watery fluid, and sometimes bile." (_White--Bengal Reports, p. 68._) The same gentleman afterwards observes, "The disease continues to present a milder aspect, and now occurs but rarely: loss of pulse and coldness are seldom observed."