Dr. Ainslie on Small-Pox and Inoculation in Eastern Countries. 67 



Excerpt First, from the Sactei/a Grantha. 



« D"henu stanya ma' suchiva naranancha, ma suchic^, 

 " Tajjalam bahu mulachcha sastrantcna griliTtavan, 

 " Bahu mule cha sastnini ractotpalti carani cha, 

 " Tajjalam racta militam sphotaca jwara sambhavah." 



Translation of the above. 



" Take the fluid of the cow-pox on the udder of a cow, or on the arm 

 " between the shoulder and the elbow of a human subject, on the point of 

 " a lancet, and lance with it the arms between the shoulder and elbow 

 " until the blood appears ; then mixing the fluid with the blood, the fever 

 " of the small-pox will be produced." 



Excerpt Second, the Sanscrit Text being omitted. 



" The small-pox produced from the udder of a cow will be of the same 

 " gentle nature as the original disease, not attended by fever nor requiring 

 " medicine. The diet may be according to the pleasure of the patient, 

 " who may be inoculated once only, or two, three, four, five, or six 

 " times. The pock, when perfect, should be of a good colour, filled with 

 " a clear liquid, and surrounded with a circle of red. There mil then be 

 " no fear of the small-pox so long as life endures. When inoculated from 

 " the udder of a cow, some will have a slight fever for one day, or two 

 " or three days, and with this there will sometimes be a slight degree of 

 " cold fit ; the fever will also be attended by a round swelling in the arm- 

 " pit, and the other symptoms of the small-pox, but all of a very mild 

 " nature. There will be no danger, and the whole will disappear. 



(Signed) " Calvi Virambam." 



" Madras, January 2d, 1819" 



Respecting the authenticity of the above I shall say nothing, as I am 

 unfortunately not a Sanscrit scholar. The book, however, from which the 

 quotation is said to have been made by Calvi Virambam, is well known in 

 Lower India, and might easily be examined. I have myself many doubts ; 

 and it is certainly a presumption against it, that the disease is no longer 

 to be found on the cows of that country. For the absolute existence 

 of the cow-pox on the cattle of Persia, I am happy to say there are 

 somewhat more immediate and substantial proofs, as shown by a letter 



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