The Medical and Physical Journal: Containing the Earliest Information on Subjects of Medicine, Surgery, Pharmacy, Chemistry, and Natural History ..., Volume 29R. Phillips, 1813 |
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... Ceylon by the Small - pox , previously to the introduction of Vaccination ; with the Statement of the circumstances attending the in- troduction , progress , and success , of Vaccine Inoculation in that Island . By THOMAS CHRISTIE ...
... Ceylon by the Small - pox , previously to the introduction of Vaccination ; with the Statement of the circumstances attending the in- troduction , progress , and success , of Vaccine Inoculation in that Island . By THOMAS CHRISTIE ...
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... Ceylon , ( says Dr. Christie ) in 1797 , when it was under the administration of the East - India Company , I was too little acquainted with the language or manners of the country , and too much occupied by the duties of a sickly ...
... Ceylon , ( says Dr. Christie ) in 1797 , when it was under the administration of the East - India Company , I was too little acquainted with the language or manners of the country , and too much occupied by the duties of a sickly ...
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... Ceylon , particularly in the south west side of the island , where it occasioned so great a mortality as to be considered in the light of a pestilence , in consequence of which the natives deserted their villages and infected relatives ...
... Ceylon , particularly in the south west side of the island , where it occasioned so great a mortality as to be considered in the light of a pestilence , in consequence of which the natives deserted their villages and infected relatives ...
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... Ceylon , in conformity to the minutes of Government . " That the British possessions in the island be divided into four principal districts , viz . Columbo , Galle , Trincomalie , and Jaffuapatam . " That over each of those districts be ...
... Ceylon , in conformity to the minutes of Government . " That the British possessions in the island be divided into four principal districts , viz . Columbo , Galle , Trincomalie , and Jaffuapatam . " That over each of those districts be ...
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... Ceylon , was 2110 , of which number 473 died , being nearly one - fourth of the whole : and the number of inocu- lated patients amounted to 4153 , of which number 103 died , about 1 in 38. This considerable mortality occurred under the ...
... Ceylon , was 2110 , of which number 473 died , being nearly one - fourth of the whole : and the number of inocu- lated patients amounted to 4153 , of which number 103 died , about 1 in 38. This considerable mortality occurred under the ...
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