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superior to prejudice, and under their extensive and powerful 

 influence all other castes of Hindoos have adopted the practice. 

 Many letters on this subject, from eminent brahmins to medical 

 gentlemen in India, do them honour ; they contain the most 

 liberal sentiments, and have been followed by a corresponding 

 practice. Mooperal Stremivasachary, a brahmin, thus Avrites to Dr. 

 Anderson at Madras on vaccine inoculation. 



" I beg leave to observe, for the information of the natives of 

 this country, that I have perused the papers which you have 

 published on that wonderful, healthful, and immortal vaccine 

 matter, discovered on the nipple and udders of some cows in Eng- 

 land, by that illustrious physician Dr. Jenner; whereby the loath- 

 some, painful, and fatal small-pox has been prevented from seiz- 

 ing the many of our fellow-creatures in India, as well as in 

 Europe. 



" I am an eye-witness, as well as many others, that numbers of 

 children here have been inoculated with vaccine matter, without 

 any injury or blemish whatsoever, excepting a small spot at the 

 place where the matter is applied, which is commonly on the 

 arm. It is therefore greatly to be wished that an intimate know- 

 ledge of this wonderful discovery may be acquired by the natives 

 of this country, so as to enable them to preserve the lives of the 

 rich and honourable, as well as those of low castes. On this 

 account, it might be useful to remove a prejudice in the minds 

 of the people, arising from the term cow-pock, being literally 

 translated comary, in the advertisement which has been published 

 in our Tamul tongue; whereas there can be no doubt that it is a 

 drop of nectar from the exuberant udders of the cows in England, 



