COATS (Coates), Thomas. 17?? — 18??. British Physician in India. He spent many years in Poona (Pune) residence as superintending surgeon of auxiliary forces in Peshva’s time. Campaigned against orthodox opposition on behalf of the small pox vaccination.
Publications: A pamphlett in Marathi defending vaccination. 1813.
– “Notes respecting the Trial by Panchayat, and the Administration of Justice in Poona under the late Peishwa”, Tr. Lit. Soc. of Bombay 2, 1820, 289-296.
– “Account of the Present State of the Township of Lony: in illustration of the Institutions, Resources, &c. of the Marratta Cultivators”, Tr. Lit. Soc. of Bombay 3, 1823, 172-264.
Sources: Stray notes in Internet.
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