Thoughts on General and Partial Inoculations Containing a translation of two treatises written when the author was at Petersburg, and published there, by Command of her Imperial Majesty, in the Russian Language

"Thoughts on General and Partial Inoculations" by Thomas Dimsdale is a historical document from the 1700s where the author pushes for the broad use of inoculation to fight smallpox, especially for people with lower incomes in England and Russia. The book shares translated writings, first created in Russian when the author was a doctor for the Russian Empress, and it includes ideas for putting inoculation plans into action in cities and countryside areas. The main idea throughout the book is that inoculation is helpful and that rules are necessary to keep the disease from spreading across the population. Dimsdale makes clear the fact that helping the poor through inoculation isn't just the right thing to do, it is a way to improve health across the board by fighting the threat of smallpox.