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Vaccination for the Empress: How Catherine II and Thomas Dimmesdale Saved Russia from Smallpox

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Known for her insight and sharp mind, Catherine II was keenly interested in philosophy, medicine and natural sciences, had a long-standing correspondence with Diderot and Voltaire, and invited to her court many outstanding scientists of her time. Among them was the experienced English physician Thomas Dimsdale, who in 1768 came from London to inoculate Grand Duke Pavel Petrovich and (the first of the European monarchs) Catherine herself against smallpox in the strictest secrecy. In the eighteenth century. The "spotted monster", the deadly smallpox virus, was ravaging Europe, and the Empress was well aware of the threat the epidemic posed to Russia. The first mass smallpox vaccination campaign in Russia, successfully carried out by Dimmesdale, laid the foundation for modern vaccination practices. How the secret plan of the English doctor and the Russian Empress came about and was realized is fascinatingly and authentically told in this book.
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