DIMSDALE, Thomas (1712 – 1800)
1712 – 1800
2 entries in the GMN corpus.
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1767 CE
#5420
The present method of inoculating for the small-pox.
Dimsdale is notable as having inoculated Catherine of Russia and her son. For this he received a fee of £10,000 and a life pension. His reputation and the exalted rank of his patient helped in popularizing the m…
1776 CE
#9520
Thoughts on general and partial inoculations: Containing a translation of two treatises written when the author was at Petersburg, and published there in the Russian language; also outlines of two plans: One, for the general inoculation of the poor in small towns and villages. The other, for the general inoculation of the poor in London and other large and populous places.
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