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Rh The "panacea" to plague was soon discovered in the "innoculation." Mr. Tilak frankly disbelieved in the efficacy of a remedy which required the injection of a poison at every visitation of the plague. He complained of the low vitality of the people, due to poverty and starvation, and declared that unless that was remedied, such epidemics were bound to recur. Partly as a result of Mr. Tilak's opposition, the Government were wise enough not to resort to compulsion with respect to inoculation. They simply tried to make it "popular by various means."