Paper, 'Paper relating to the inoculation of the smallpox, as it is practised [sic] in the kingdoms of Tripoli, Tunis and Algier [Algiers]' by Cassem Aga
Reference number: CLP/14ii/28
Date: 1728
Description
Aga, ambassador to Tripoli, describes the process of inoculating children against smallpox. Includes a table showing ages of those inoculated and the success of the inoculation.
A translation note reads 'Written in Arabick by his Excellency Cassem Aga, Ambassadour from Tripoli and FRS. Done with English from the french of M Dadichi, his majesty's Interpreter for the Eastern languages by Dr Scheuchzer'.
Subject: Medicine / Immunology / Communicable diseases
Read to the Royal Society on 9 January 1728
- Reference number
- CLP/14ii/28
- Earliest possible date
- 1728
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 6 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Cassem Algiada Aga, Paper, 'Paper relating to the inoculation of the smallpox, as it is practised [sic] in the kingdoms of Tripoli, Tunis and Algier [Algiers]' by Cassem Aga, 1728, CLP/14ii/28, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_14ii_28/paper-paper-relating-to-the-inoculation-of-the-smallpox-as-it-is-practised-sic-in-the-kingdoms-of-tripoli-tunis-and-algier-algiers-by-cassem-aga, accessed on 13 November 2025
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