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'A voyage from England to India, in the year 1754, and an historical narrative of the operations of the squadron and army in India, under the command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive, in the years 1755, 1756, 1757 ... Also a journey from Persia to England by an unusual route. With an appendix, containing an account of the diseases prevalent in Admiral Watson's squadron, etc.' [‎54] (83/562)

The record is made up of 1 volume (518 pages). It was created in 1866. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.

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i-rr The cuflom of inoculating for the Small-pox among the natives, though
not common in other parts of the Eaft Indies, is frequent in Bengal-, and
the manner of performing the operation is in many refpefts fingular,
and different from that now pradlifed in England. They take, as Mr.
Thomas and I were informed, fome matter from the pock of a perfon
who has the difeafe in a favourable way, and put it into a phial or gallipot.
They then dip the point of a needle in this matter, and with it prick the
perfon intended to be inoculated feveral times in a circle, on the flefhy part
of the arm. If he be a grown perfon, they prick him in both arms. After
the blood is wiped away, they rub fome more matter on the part, and order
the patient to bathe in cold water three times a day, and to live on the moft
cooling things he can poflibly procure, fuch as water melons, cucumbers,
rice, water,As foon however as the fever comes on, which happens
about the fifth or feventh day, the patient is ordered to leave off bathing and
the cool diet, and to live on milk and fugar : the fever generally lafts three
days, and then goes quite off. On the fecond day after the pock has
appeared, they wafh the whole body with cold water, which fills the
puftul&s; and this they do for the three fucceeding days, two or three times
each day, continuing the fame regimen of milk and fugar for diet. When
the pock is drying off, they fprinkle the patient with role-water; or when
this cannot be had, with the juice of Suttamullie, Suttapot, Culmee, and root
of green turmeric. If the pock be very thick, they give the patient Joan-feeds
to chew, and frequently tie Bang-\ezves, (which is a kind of hemp) on the parts
moft affeded. It is a common pradice among the Portuguefe, and fome of
the Indians on the Malabar coaft, when the pock is fairly turned, to lay on
wood and cow-dung afhes very thick, which they think imbibe the matter,
and make the fcab fall off the more ealily. They leave it to nature to
difengage herfeJf from this compound of afhes and puftulary difcharge.
Their hopes of a cure from this method, feem to be founded on the fuppofed
antiputrefcent and abforbent quality of the allies. I refer it to better
judges to determine whether this pradice be rational or not; however, in
general the patients recover from this loathfome dilbrder.
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A voyage from England to India, in the year 1754, and an historical narrative of the operations of the squadron and army in India, under the command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive, in the years 1755, 1756, 1757 ... Also a journey from Persia to England by an unusual route. With an appendix, containing an account of the diseases prevalent in Admiral Watson's squadron, etc.

Publication Details: London : Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1773.

Ownership: With stamps of the India Board and India Board Library.

There are numerous illustrations and two maps in the volume:

  • a copy of a large folded map at the beginning of the volume, 'A Map of India together with a chart of the Indien Seas, to which the operations of Admiral Watson's Squadron were principally confined; and shewing the passages made by Commodore James from Madrass to Bombay in the years 1754 & 1755 ... By Thomas Kitchin, Hydrographer to his Majesty';
  • a map of the route from the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. in Basra to Latakia, Syria, on the Mediterranean Coast 'Mr Ives's Route from Bassora to Latichea.
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1 volume (518 pages)
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There is a table of content at the beginning of the volume, detailing the arrangement of contents and page references (pages viii-xi) and a 'Table of Coins and Monies' (page xii).

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Dimensions: 280 mm x 220 mm.

Pagination: initial Roman numeral pagination (i-xii); (1-506).

Condition: there is a large folded map, unfolding can be difficult withouth risk of tears.

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