Catherine the Great: inoculation pioneer
发布时间 2022-04-21 11:00:00 来源
摘要
Lucy Ward speaks to Elinor Evans about the story of English Quaker doctor Thomas Dimsdale, who took up the risky challenge of inoculating Empress Catherine II against smallpox, as a powerful statement at a time when the disease was ravaging Russia and superstition held sway.
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