THE FAMILY DOCTOR. AN ANTIDOTE FOR CHOLERA.
A discovery has been made in regard to cholera — namely, that marriage is a prophylactic so far as men are concerned. .Recent statistics of the cholera in France show that married men are much less liable to be attacked by cholera than bachelors. If a calm frame of mind and an absence of nervous dread contribute to exemption from cholera, the married man is peculiarly fortunate. In cholera time the moment the nervous bachelor feels the slightest pain he begins to fancy that he may have contracted the cholera, and he ends by frightening himself into a genuine attack. On the other hand, when a married man has a pain he mentions it to his wife, who instantly replies : "Stuff and nonsense ! You've no more got the cholera than I have. Why, Tve just such a pain every day in the week," whereupon the married man is encouraged and consoled, and straightway forgets the cholera. In case he really has symptoms of the disease his wife promptly sends for the doctor and compels her husband to keep quiet and take the proper remedies, but the unfortunate bachelor who is smitten with cholera sees himself deserted by frightened servants, and is left to die or recover by himself.
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Observer, Volume 7, Issue 338, 30 May 1885, Page 6
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214THE FAMILY DOCTOR. AN ANTIDOTE FOR CHOLERA. Observer, Volume 7, Issue 338, 30 May 1885, Page 6
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