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e{ lintj a fever enfues, and after fome days, the 
* c eruption, which if the fever has been ftrong is ob- 
“ ferved not to be very copious. To excite the fe- 
“ ver, the patient is made to bathe in a tub of 
<( water. 
tc As this way of managing the operation is very 
£f painful, a more eafy one has been invented for peo- 
<£ pie of quality and fubftance. A little of the matter 
<e is mixed with fugar, and fwallowed by the child in 
t( any fweet and pleafant liquid. The fame effedt 
<c is produced, but the hrft method is thought to be 
££ the beft.” 
The writer of this letter ought certainly to have 
been more particular in his inquiries; he might have 
afked whether any preparation previous to inocula- 
tion is ufed, and of what kind ; what treatment the 
patients undergo after the operation ; and laftly, how 
far the event warrants the goodnefs of the method. 
It appears however, from what he fays, that the peo- 
ple of Bengal have for a long while had recourfe to 
inoculation, in order to avoid the dreadful confequen- 
ces of the natural diflemper in their country j and it 
is to be wilhed that farther inquiries be made, both 
there and elfewhere, about a fubjedt which fo nearly 
concerns the good of mankind. 
S 2 
XVIII. Croton 
