Jefferson, ever sanguine, was merely trying to make the best of a wretched scenario. A yellow-fever epidemic...
Disease
Kircher’s investigation can be seen as an important early step to understanding contagion. This article, “Invisible Little...
There was a brief moment in 1381 when a better world struggled to be born, but the...
The Plague ushered in a new understanding which found expression in movements such as the Protestant Reformation...
A handful of manuscripts remain which give researchers valuable insights into medieval science. Introduction Medieval doctors had...
Come early medieval medicine has become real medicine, not scribal ignorance. Abstract The medical writings of early...
The wealthy fled to the countryside, while the urban poor were forced to work on the front...
People reacted with hopeful cures and responses based on religious belief. Introduction The Black Death of 1347-1352...
Since no one knew what caused the disease, no cure was possible, but this did not stop...
We get our English word for poison or toxin form the Greek word toxikon. By Thomas J....
Reports reached London in 1720 and 1721 that the plague had already killed tens of thousands in...
It was the last widespread outbreak of bubonic plague in England during the 400-year Second Pandemic. Introduction...
Do you want to quit smoking? After taking this decision, you have won the half battle. You...
Introduction The coronavirus pandemic has created what feels like an unprecedented situation in the District: Schools are...
Incidents of polio increased to epidemic proportions after 1900. What was going on? Introduction Poliomyelitis (polio) is...
The plague, named the Black Death by later historians, had a devastating effect on the European population...
With no accurate knowledge about the disease and the way it was spread, what could be done...
We can now catch tiny pieces of DNA from ancient diseases and look for clues about how...
People felt overwhelmed as it seems as though they believed that what had happened to others elsewhere...
The first definitive outbreak of plague was the Plague of Justinian as recorded by Procopius which killed...
A vaccine tricks the body’s immune system into producing antibodies to fight a form of the virus...
The global spread of smallpox can be traced to the growth and spread of civilizations, exploration, and...
The parasites found within the 2,000-year-old-feces smeared on bamboo suggest more than commodities made the trip. By...
Polio was nearly eradicated with the Salk vaccine in 1955. Little was known about this mysterious disease...
His work led to systematically developing, testing, and popularizing inoculation that saved countless lives. Introduction Edward B....
Despite the plague’s high contagiousness and terrifying symptoms, life in Elizabethan England went on. By Lindsey Rachel...
The Greeks treated their city-states like bodies. To protect them from disasters, it was the poor that...
It is a shared affliction, our collective ailment, our common humanity, that gives rise to irrational behavior...
The cause of the plague was unknown until the 19th century CE. Introduction The word ‘plague’, in...
From cows to controversy, the smallpox vaccine triumphed. Not malaria. Not cholera. Not AIDS, influenza, measles, or...