Enquiries into a reported antidote to snake venom, and a reported treatment which prevents the transmission of hydrophobia [rabies] following the bite of 'a mad dog'
Letter dated 4 September 1799, from I.[/J.?] Webbe, Secretary to Government, to Dr Benjamin Heyne, notifying him of his appointment under Captain Mackenzie as Surveyor of Mysore and that the botanical garden at Samulcotta [Samalkota] is to be discontinued
A detailed plan for extending and preserving the benefits of Dr Jenner's valuable discovery in the provinces of Bengal; list of natives inoculated against smallpox.
Instructions for vaccinators by Dr W Ingledew, compiled from the writings of Edward Jenner and others
Scope & Content:
Letter from M Wilks, the Acting Resident of Mysore, to the Government of Madras, enclosing papers compiled by William Ingledew to be used as written instructions for native vaccinators. Wilks comments on the receptiveness of Hindu medical practitioners to western medicine. Encloses: 'On the Cow...