Operation Of Inoculation Of The Smallpox As Performed In Bengal
(From Ro. Coult to Dr Oliver Coult in ‘An account of the diseases of Bengall’
(Calcutta, dated February 10, 1731).)
The operation of inoculation called by the natives tikah has
been known in the kingdom of Bengal as near as I can learn,
about 150 years and according to the Bhamanian records was
first performed by one Dununtary, a physician of Champanager,
a small town by the side of the Ganges about halfway to
Cossimbazar whose memory is now holden in great esteem as
being thought the author of this operation, which secret, say
they, he had immediately of God in a dream.
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heir method of performing this operation is by taking a
little of the pus (when the smallpox are come to maturity and are
of a good kind) and dipping these in the point of a pretty large
sharp needle. Therewith make several punctures in the hollow
under the deltoid muscle or sometimes in the forehead, after
which they cover the part with a little paste made of boiled rice.
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