Some account of the introduction of vaccination among the inhabitants of the interior of Ceylon, and of an epidemic small-pox which prevailed in the Kandyan Provinces in 1819 / by Henry Marshall.

Date:
1822
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Credit: Some account of the introduction of vaccination among the inhabitants of the interior of Ceylon, and of an epidemic small-pox which prevailed in the Kandyan Provinces in 1819 / by Henry Marshall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    SOME A CCOUNT OF THE INTRODUCTION OF VACCINATION AMONG THE INHABITANTS OF THE INTERIOR OF CEYLON, AND OF AN EPIDEMIC SMALL-r^X WHICH PREVAILED IN THE KANDYAN PROVINCES IN 1819. BY HENRY MARSHALL, SURGEON TO THE FORCES. 'X/'accination was attempted to be introduced among the Kandyans in the year 1816. This measure was greatly disliked both by the chiefs and the inferior classes of the peo- ple. At that period they were unfriendly towards us from va- rious causes, and little disposed to promote the views of Govern- ment, however much these might tend eventually to their ad- vantage. To obviate the prejudices of the lower classes against vaccination, every means which promised to be useful was at- tempted ; and particular care was taken to conciliate the good will of the chiefs, for the purpose of gaining their assistance to promote its dissemination. The courtly manners of the upper ranks of the Kandyans prevented them from evincing an active hostility to the measure; indeed they rarely disapprove, in art