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CHOLERA 



reported in camp. At 7.30 a.m., Haffkine and Dr 

 Green came to the camp : — 



" The prisoners were spoken to on the subject, 

 and seemed to be pleased with the idea, the word 

 tika (inoculation), which was familiar to them from 

 its association with small-pox, appearing to appeal 

 to them. They were accordingly arranged in four 

 rows facing the tent, in front of which Dr Haffkine 

 was about to commence operations. I was the first 

 subject to be inoculated ; and after me the jailor, 

 assistant jailor, hospital assistant, and three warders. 

 The first prisoner in the front rank was next brought 

 up and submitted cheerfully ; after which, every 

 alternate man was taken, so that no selection of 

 cases was made, until one-half of the total number 

 were inoculated. Those who had not been inocu- 

 lated were far from pleased at having been passed 

 over ; and, to our surprise, they rose almost to a 

 man, and begged to be inoculated ; nor were they 

 satisfied when told that the medicine was ex- 

 hausted." 



The dose administered on this occasion (nth 

 April 1896), was stronger than the Gaya jail dose 

 (18th July 1894) : ^ acted in a few hours, and the 

 reaction was well marked. 



" There were fresh cases of cholera that day at 

 12 (noon), 6, 6, 7, and 7.30 p.m., and at midnight, 

 all in those who had not been inoculated, and all 

 terminating fatally, despite the greatest care and 

 the most prompt and assiduous treatment. On the 

 1 2th two further cases occurred, both among the 

 uninoculated, and both died ; there being thus eight 



