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02750aem a2200421Mi 4500 001 EFD1BA5AE8B011ED84E9FF1C55ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230502011626 007 au |uuun 008 230501s2022 enk u 0 eng d 020 $a 0861542452 020 $a 9780861542451 035 $a (OCoLC)1344247067 040 $a DEBBG $b ger $e rda $c DEBBG $d SILO 082 04 $a 610.9 $b WAR 084 $a 610.9 $b WAR 100 1 $a Ward, Lucy, $e Verfasser. $4 aut 245 14 $a The Empress and the English doctor $h [Book] : $b how Catherine the Great defied a deadly virus / $c Lucy Ward. 246 30 $a How Catherine the Great defied a deadly virus 264 1 $a London : $b Oneworld Publications, $c 2022. 300 $a xiii, 333 Seiten : $b Illustrationen, Karten. 365 $a 01 $b 35.00 505 8 $a Preface: The silver lancet -- Introduction: The speckled monster -- The Doctor -- The deadly lottery -- The Empress -- The invitation -- The preparations -- The inoculations -- The new fashion -- The impact -- The celebrity -- The last meeting -- Epilogue: The legacy. 520 3 $a "A killer virus ... an all-powerful Empress ... an encounter cloaked in secrecy. Within living memory, smallpox was a dreaded disease. Over human history it has killed untold millions. Back in the eighteenth century, as epidemics swept Europe, the first rumours emerged of an effective treatment: a mysterious method called inoculation. But a key problem remained: convincing people to accept the preventative remedy, the forerunner of vaccination. Arguments raged over risks and benefits, and public resistance ran high. As smallpox ravaged her empire and threatened her court, Catherine the Great took the momentous decision to summon the Quaker physician Tomas Dimsdale to St Petersburg to carry out a secret mission that would transform both their lives. Lucy Ward expertly unveils the extraordinary story of Enlightenment ideals, female leadership and the fight to promote science over superstition"--Dust jacket flap. 600 07 $a Katharina $b II, $c Russland, Zarin, $d 1729-1796. $2 gnd 600 17 $a Dimsdale, Thomas, $d 1712-1800. 653 1 $a Catherine / II / Empress of Russia / 1729-1796 / https://isni.org/isni/0000000096772005 653 1 $a Dimsdale, Thomas / 1712-1800 / https://isni.org/isni/0000000072604592 653 0 $a Smallpox / Russia / History / 18th century 653 0 $a Smallpox / Vaccination / Russia / History / 18th century 653 2 $a Russia / History / Catherine II, 1762-1796 653 0 $a Smallpox 653 0 $a Smallpox / Vaccination 653 2 $a Russia 941 $a 1 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20230502013424.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EFD1BA5AE8B011ED84E9FF1C55ECA4DB 994 $a Z0 $b BUPInitiate Another SILO Locator Search