Burma . typhoid fever existed in Burma or has beenintroduced ; it is rare among the natives, butattacks Europeans in a bad form. Venerealdiseases lurk in the towns. (For leprosy, seep. 41.) Diarrhoea and cholera recrudesceevery hot season. There are no records ofother pestilence. Small-pox rages in severeepidemics, but with greatly diminished inci-dence where vaccination has been practitioners were acquainted with in-oculation. In introducing voluntary vaccina-tion the British Government has met withgreat success. The introduction of thismeasure exemplifies how grotesque the ar
Burma . typhoid fever existed in Burma or has beenintroduced ; it is rare among the natives, butattacks Europeans in a bad form. Venerealdiseases lurk in the towns. (For leprosy, seep. 41.) Diarrhoea and cholera recrudesceevery hot season. There are no records ofother pestilence. Small-pox rages in severeepidemics, but with greatly diminished inci-dence where vaccination has been practitioners were acquainted with in-oculation. In introducing voluntary vaccina-tion the British Government has met withgreat success. The introduction of thismeasure exemplifies how grotesque the arguments may be that prevail uponthe people. The alleged motive of the government was too improbable ; sowiseacres cast about for another. What more likely than a dream of the Queenof England—that a child existed in Burma who would overthrow her dominion !This child could not be known, but it would be reached and removed by theplan of poisoning the blood of the whole generation. It was many years before. 278. SHAMPOOING (A-HNEIk).
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