This eyewitness account of a cholera epidemic that ravaged Malta in 1837 provides a chilling glimpse into the medical and social realities of the time. The author, a Venetian physician, describes the symptoms and treatment of the disease, as well as its impact on the local population. A valuable historical document that sheds light on a little-understood episode in medical history.

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