Sign Up for a Free Account

This is an image preview.
Start a Free Account
to view the full image.

  • Nearly 3,000 illustrations, including video clips of neurologic disorders.

  • Every article is reviewed by our esteemed Editorial Board for accuracy and currency.

  • Full spectrum of neurology in 1,200 comprehensive articles.

  • Listen to MedLink on the go with Audio versions of each article.

Fortifying against the cholera

A woman pours a glass of brandy into the mouth of a child; a girl has fallen to the floor; men and women in the background show signs of being intoxicated, in the apparent belief that alcohol will prevent cholera. On the table is a huge bottle of brandy. (Source: Illustration by Robert Seymour [1798-1836], artist. London. August 1, 1831. Courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland. Public domain. Edited by Dr. Douglas J Lanska.)