Abstract: A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to James Short, Surgeon at the Bagdad Residency, dated 31 March 1802.The letter forwards a sample of vaccine matter received from a Doctor de Carro in Vienna (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/224) for the purposes of experimentation, in the hope that the vaccine will be successfully reproduced and be conveyed to India. Jones asks Doctor Short to report the result of his experiment to Doctor de Carro.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)