Inhaltsangabe
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1805. Excerpt: ... SECTION VI. Of The Small-pox In Bengal, And Of Small-pox Inoculation As Practised By The Bramins. JL HE small-pox has not prevailed, epidemically, in Calcutta and its neighbourhood, since the introduction of vaccine inoculation, owing, 1 have no doubt, to the judicious prohibition of variolous inoculation bv the police, ever since that time. A few sporadic cases have, however, made their appearance. From one of these I performed my test experiments last year, as already related; and, as I was anxious to repeat them this season, I have enquired for others, but without success; though my Bramin informs me, that a few natives have taken the disease naturally and died of it; and that some of the better sort of Hindoos have had variolous inoculation performed clandestinely upon persons of their own families. Some time in January my Bramin came to me with marks of great disappointment and concern in his countenance, and told me, that a boy who had teen yaccinaied last November had lately been seized with small-pox, and that he had seen him that day with a very full eruption of them all over his body. I immediately turned to my register, and found that even if the alledged fact were true it could not affect the character racter of vaccine inoculation, because opposite to the name of the boy was the mark of doubtful snccess; and, as he had not returned for subsequent examination, it could not be said whether he had been duly Taccinated or not. However, to satisfy myself of the truth of the allegation, I accompanied the Bramin to the house of the supposed small-pox patient, and found him indeed very fully covered with an eruption but so obviously the cbicken-pox, which has been very prevalent for the last two months, that I wonder how the Bramin could have been mi...
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