When Devajammani arrived at the royal court of Mysore in 1805, he would marry Krishnaraja Wadiyar III.The XO couple were 12 years old and he was the newly created ruler of the kingdom of South India.But Devajammani soon found himself recruited for an even more important cause: to publicize and promote the smallpox vaccine. And her unconscious role was captured in a painting commissioned by the East India Company for Promote participation in the vaccination program, said Dr. The treatment for smallpox is relatively new, with British physician Edward Jenner discovered six years ago and met with suspicion and resistance in India. Not least because it was defended by the British, which had increased power at the turn of the 19th century.But the Britons are not going to give up on their grand plans to vaccinate Indians - they justify the cost and effort of saving lives. "Many sacrifices every year" for the virus with the promise of "Increased resources derived from large populations"What follows is a mix of politics, power and a solicitation by the East India Company to introduce the world's first vaccine to India, their largest colonial organization. It involves British surgeons, Indian vaccines, head of a planned company and a friendly dynasty - nothing more than the Wadiyars, indebted to the British who put them back on the throne after more than 30 deportations. year
Woman in painting
Dr. Chancellor believes the painting is around 1805, not the only record of the Queen's vaccination. But also a window to xo show the British efforts The portrait, which is an oil on canvas, was last offered up through Sotheby's auction house in 2007.Those who tried it and thought it were a dancing girl or a prostitute - until Dr. Chancellor stumbled into it.He said he immediately felt guilty.He argues that the woman on the right hand in the painting is the younger Queen Thewashamani. He said that her sari typically covers her left arm. But it was left so she could point to where she was vaccinated. "With the least disgrace"The pustules from the healed patients are extracted, crushed into dust, and blown off in the nostrils. It is a form of vaccination known as variolation, which is intended to induce more severe infections.
But no one remembers it in the portrait Credit for playing that politics, according to Dr. The rector spoke of the king's grandmother, Lakshmi Ammani, who lost her husband with smallpox. He believed she was the woman in the center of the three women's portrait, stamping Vadiyar's vaccine approval. Oval faces and enormous eyes were typical of the family, he added.Dr. Chancellor said the painting was plausible because she was in charge - the king was too young to object and the queen was too young to refuse.The campaign continued as xo people became aware of the benefits of this procedure, and many tikadars had shifted from model abuse to vaccination.By 1807, Professor Bennett predicted that more than one vaccine would be available. Million times Finally, the painting returned to England and disappeared from the public eye.It was 1991 when Dr. Chancellor saw it at an exhibition and saved the lives of women from confusion, leading them to take part in the world's first immunization campaign.
