In article <439dt8$852 at netnews.upenn.edu>, David Peritt
<Peritt_d at a1.mscf.upenn.edu> wrote:
> Even closer to jolly old England was the Turkish ambassadors wife who
> tried to impart on the UK the concept the turks had used for centuries of
> drying and snorting (mucosal vaccination) dried lesions.
I had heard of inhalation of the dried lesions, but could not recall
from which source. This process would seem to go against the rationale
suggested by M Doherty, in which the goal was described as producing
scarring in a socially acceptable site. Do you know of any contemporary
evidence that the intent of inhaling the dried crusts was to prevent
disease? Are there letters and do you know where? I would be interested
in finding any such evidence.
Paul T.
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