The Sun.
London, England, 1818-09-19 00:00:00

VACCINATION.

The Board of the National Vaccine Establish-
ment, we understand, have lately received from
Seringapatam a curious and important Memoir on
Vaccination in that part of India, by the Rev. S.
A. Dußois, Missionary in the Mysore; Author
of a Description of the Character, &c. of the Peo-
ple of India, and long a most ardent and zealous
promoter of the Vaccine. '['be following Ab-
stract of this communication cannot but be inte-
resting to our Readers.
M. Dußois states, that Vaccination was intro-
duced into Indostan in the year 1802, and was
warmly encouraged by the British Government.
'I he Natives, however, displayed a violent
aversion to it from 'everal causes.

The Ist proceeded from a hatred to all mono-
vatibus.

2dly. A rnmonr arose that this was a design of
the English to affix an indelible mark on certain
persons : and that all Males so impressed were,
when they grew up, to he forced into the mi-
litary service ; and the Females to be Concu-
bines.

3dly. The Hindoos bad always considered the
Small-pox as a dispensation from a Goddess
named Mabry Umma ; or rather that the disease
was an incarnation of this Deity into the person
infected. They endeavoured to propitiate this
Goddess with offerings and sacrifices ; but should
the patient die, the relatives dared not weep, lest
the Goddess should overwhelm them with greater
calamities.

From these causes,Vaccination was at first only
submitted to by Christians.
Dr. ALEXANDER ANDERSON, Superintendant
Surgeon of the Mysore Country, thought proper,
with the approbation of the Supreme Council at
Madras, to engage the Rev. M. DUBOIS to exert
his influence to overcome the prejudices of the
Natives. He accordingly drew up several tracts
in the Indian languages, and he set out upon a
tour to disseminate the Vaccine : several Indian
Christians were selected and instructed to aid him
in his labours.

At first much confusion arose, and some failures
occurred by other PraCtitioners, who had mis-
taken a_spurions disease for the true Vaccine.—
But this opposition gradually declined, in conse-
quence of the complete success which attended
the regular Vaccine ; and the Natives became
persuaded that the Goddess' Mabry had chosen
this mild mode of manifesting herself to her vo-
taries, and might be meritoriously worshipped
under this new shape.
M. Dußois solemnly declares, that be and his
assistants have vaccinated nearly (a lac or) ONE
HUNDRED THOUSAND persons : and that be has
not heard of one case proving fatal, nor a single
well-authenticated instance among this large number
of the Small-pox occurring offer the regular Vaccine.
He mentions,
\that the vesicles arc apt to he
broken by the coarse blanket-dress, which is fre-
quently worn ; and the friction often produces an
ulcer. These cases were re-vaccinated ; hut he
observes a singularity, that this second operation
rarely takes effect it perforated sooner than two
Or three months after the first.

A circumstance of a very agreeable nature is also
noticed, that the Vaccine frequently puts a stop to
the intermittent fever, which is prevalent in that
country. M. Dußois asserts, that he knew in-
stances of its curing Quartan fevers which had
continued tour or five years.
He compliments highly the Government in
India for the measures adopted to extend Vac-
cination : lie mentions that Native Vaccinators
are appointed in every district, under the super-
intendance of English Medal Gentlemen, with
liberal salaried : from which he indulges the Tea-
sortable expectation, that at no remote period the
Small-pox shall be entirely exterminated in that
country, where, in former times, before the in-
troduction of this wonderful preservative, whole
districts have been occasionally almost depopu-
lated by the ravages of the Stuall-pox.
This communication of'M. Dubois is accom-
panied by accurate tables, setting forth the several
casts and numbers in each province who have un-
dergone Vaccination at his hands, making an ag-
gregate of 98,734 persons.

SUDDEN DEATH.-Yesterday morning, between
the hours of eleven nod twelve, one of the
Compositors, in the employ of Mr. HANSARD,
Printer to the House of Commons, in Parker's-
street, Drury-lane, on leaving his frame to wash
his hands, had scarcely, reached the sink, when
he fell down to all appearance in a fit ; but upon
the arrival of two medical men, it was ascertained
that he had burst a blood-vessel, and the attempts
to recover him proved unavailing. His name was
Jon r; so N.

On Monday Peter, alias Patrick Mord, na-
tive of Ireland, was t aken into custody by Ethnond,
Crawford, and Legat, town officers, with a large
hook in his possession, which, on inspection, was
found to contain near seven stones weight of base
money in imitation of half-crowns, shillings, and
sixpences, carefully folded up in rows, and ready
for issuing. Ward is recognized as an old offen-
der in this infamous traffic, hating in the year
/Sl2 been sentenced to banishment from this city
for vending base money. A precognition is now
going on before the Magistrates.—(Glasgow
Chronicle.)
The stables of Mr. BANTON!, of Bermondsey,
were broke open by two men yesterday morning
about five o'clock ; they were decamping with a
horse,' when a milkman, who supplies Mr. B.'s
family, happened to pass by the premises, and
made an alarM. They made a good retreat i but
left the horse behind thew.