cexvili Proceedings of the Asiatic Soc. of Bengal. [N.S., XVII, 
possible, should be zealously attended to, guarding against large varia- 
tions even at that low temperature. 
Loading and Packing the Lymph. 
Metal sollepeibie tubes are nee Ane all suitable for the purpose. Glass 
heal plugged with corks are the ideal ones for loading and issue. They 
ould be packed, phen still sola in wooden cases also plugged with 
sae and then sen 
The Use of Lymph by Vaccinators. 
The system of weekly supplies, instead of the So ag now made thre 
times a month, is a great advantage and supplies for 10 and 20 c ceere zs 
each tube should be made instead of the full cas Meine of 10 to 150 
in one tu * now. ese two improvements would greatly aad 
in go Rg ng a higher rate of success, by giving the vaccinator a sufficient 
mber of w soe days in the month in which to make up his minimum 
anne an i ing the ~~ of having to open his vaccine stock 
tuba sigan times during or 
at oe in this Bombay Presidency mee to bea 
uch bettas instrument for ge aha babies than the knife-edged 
spatula shaped lancet of Madras. The former produces Bord circular and 
mmetrical Ameri - standart size and shape and causes the minimum 
a disfiguremen 
Conclusions. 
(1) Considering the poor physical condition of the calves available in 
Madras, every attention should be paid t o their = cleanliness and 
ayy before the animal is utilised for vaccin 
o keep up the pote ng of the seed the met sthod of ae phone 
differe b 
moves from calf to calf, is be ascertained by actual wy cageain 
The extraction of the pulp from the calf should be m e prefer- 
— at “6 - of 120 hours, vesicles of less than that oo being 
arded as far as possible. 
. 4) The gris cancer of grinding, mixing and loading should = 
conducted in @ cool atmosphere, an artificially cooled room being prefer 
able, State sii the coldest months. 
( cold store wit a stead m perature = Pint sepe is 
soomay especially as vaccine ieeenkioes on the ca eoiiah ~ bes topped 
during the hotter months, when stored lymph has 5 be is 
ent and cautio iis saupe io 
(7) The method of Siting and — — be — eomghoa 
attended to, the glass lymph tube encl orke 
oven ing preferred to the collapsible metal tube cauled directly in a the: fied: 
(8) Vaccination of children can, with advantage, be vie meg during 
the hotter months, except in infected areas, where vaccination has to ba 
one as an emergency measure, even in the mitsesy part of the 
ay 
(9) The hice nye Be. es be given a thorough practical training 
enabling them e adverse — of the climate on the 
vaccine lymph, ase 6 oparaticl Mad its results 
