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Dr Thomas Latta: the father of intravenous infusion therapy

Author(s) -

Neil MacGillivray

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

journal of infection prevention

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.43

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 1757-1774

pISSN - 1757-1782

DOI - 10.1177/1757177409342141

Subject(s) - medicine , cholera , medical profession , intravenous therapy , work (physics) , intensive care medicine , family medicine , pathology , mechanical engineering , engineering

The paper reviews the work of Dr Thomas Latta who during the cholera epidemic of 1831—32 pioneered the use of intravenous saline infusion in the treatment of cholera. The reaction of the medical profession to this new therapy is described and the reasons for the profession’s failure to acknowledge the importance of this advance is analysed. The reasons why the name of Thomas Latta and his contribution did not survive his death in 1833 are discussed and the contributions of twentieth century scholars in remembering his work are highlighted.

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