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2. That reaction in some cases follows inoculation against cholera was admitted by Captain Gnanamuthu, D.W. 1, the Casualty Officer of this very depot. D.W. 2, the Corporation doctor who treated the accused on the 5th and 6th of March stated that when he came to him on the evening of the 5th he had swelling of the left arm, heaviness of both limbs, was unable to walk and had high fever of 105 degrees, due to reaction after inoculation and that persons with varicose veins have a strong reaction. He is no doubt a distant relative of the accused and it was but natural in his then state of health that he went to a person known to him. It is significant that this witness was not cross-examined with regard to his statement that there will be strong reaction to inoculation and swelling of legs in the case of persons with varicose veins. That the accused underwent treatment for varicose veins soon after was proved by Exs. IV and V, the records produced by D.W. 3 from the Royapuram Hospital. As a matter of fact P.W. 1 himself admitted that the accused complained to him on the 5th itself that he was suffering from varicose veins and that his left leg was slightly swollen and that there was no provision for liquid diet in the depot. P.W. 2 also says that the accused complained to P.W. 1 about something in his leg and wanted to go to the hospital for it. Thus it is clean that the accused was ill with fever and swollen leg on the morning of the 5th and was not sent to the hospital and that he hence felt that he will have to go and get himself treated elsewhere.