For the grieving painter who lose his wife to the disease, art functioned as a kind of...
Disease
Humankind’s battle against an invisible and what could be often termed as an invincible force of nature,...
The plague remained endemic for 300 years, returning every so often to cull the population. Introduction In...
Medieval people firmly believed in God and occult powers. By Véronique SoreauPhD Student in English and Anglo-Saxon...
For many centuries explanations for disease were based not on science, but on religion, superstition, and myth....
Diseases have often influenced historical events, but they are neglected in the documentation of these events. Human...
The transition to use of diphtheria antitoxin to treat ill humans happened quickly. It’s hard to identify...
Between 1816 and 1923, the first six cholera pandemics occurred consecutively and continuously over time. Introduction Seven...
20,000 people, including Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and much of the federal government fled the city to...
When Massachusetts was hit by Diptheria and Scarlett Fever at the same time. In 1736, scarlet fever...
Transporting plants and their by-products by long transoceanic voyages was a complex operation during the 18th century....
The hysteria quickly spread and local authorities used it as an excuse to attack both Jewish and...
It is less well-known than the Black Death plague but was constantly present throughout the Middle Ages....
Old English continued to be used a century after William’s victory at the Battle of Hastings. Even...
As the US battled the 1918 influenza pandemic, some communities staged contentious battles against wearing masks. Sound...
How politicians and the public in Denver, Colorado, handled the 1918 flu epidemic is relevant to today....
Hippocrates used the “four humours” theory to explain the origins of these infections but understood the environment’s...
Poe’s story follows many traditions of Gothic fiction and is often analyzed as an allegory about the...
A full reading of Poe’s work. By Edgar Allan Poe (1842) The Masque of the Red Death...
Jewish practitioners participated in the exchange of knowledge between Christian and Muslim writers and practitioners. The Book...
Ancient Egyptians valued hygiene and proper medical care. Introduction Medical practice in ancient Egypt was so advanced...
The Greek historian Herodotus visited Egypt around 440 BCE and wrote extensively of his observations of their...
Goddesses have traditionally protected against sickness and cured the ill, according to Hindu belief. But there’s a...
Genetic information that could help finger the next infectious threat is stored in museums around the world....
Syrups and electuaries were popular remedies for throat complaints from the 17th century onwards. Here are some...
The plague’s social and cultural impact has been compared to that of the Black Death that devastated...
The disease killed as much as one third of the population in some areas and devastated the...
They had sophisticated medical treatments at their fingertips – from preventative hygiene to prosthetics. Introduction The conventional...
How he chronicled, commemorated, and mourned his many loved ones who succumbed. This article, Petrarch’s Plague: Love,...
The Hittites recognized that disease was transmitted by contagion from one person to another. In the late...