Tracts, on inoculation, written and published at St. Petersburg in the year 1768 ... with additional observations on epidemic small-pox / By T. Dimsdale.

  • Dimsdale, Thomas, 1712-1800.
Date:
1781
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Credit: Tracts, on inoculation, written and published at St. Petersburg in the year 1768 ... with additional observations on epidemic small-pox / By T. Dimsdale. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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