- Saline Drip — 2021-08-12 20:46:29
… the vein. {{Image url="SalineDrip.jpg" class="left" title="Saline drip elevated above the patient" width="300" }} == Cholera Killer == Thomas Latta was born in Edinburgh [[Scotland]]. He correctly ascertained that a salt solution could substitu…
…te for blood. His experiments were undertaken on five patients in the Edinburgh Cholera Hospital basing his experiments on the theories of the Irish Dr William Brooke O'Shaughnessy. The cholera epidemic, wh…
…y dehydration. It is deservedly on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. {{Tag ids="Saline drip cholera essential medicines"}} …