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Pandemics through the ages
This article provides us with a perspective on what earlier generations lived through and survived. ..... “People in good health were all of a sudden attacked by violent heats in the head, and redness and inflammation in the eyes, the inward parts, such as the throat or tongue, becoming bloody and emitting an unnatural and fetid breath,” Thucydides starts by saying. But that was just the beginning - sneezing and coughing were next, then diarrhoea, vomiting and violent spasms. Next came livid skin, covered in pustules and ulcers, and a burning, unquenchable thirst. Most died around the seventh or eight day, but if not the disease moved to the bowels, where violent ulceration and worsening diarrhoea, combined with exhaustion, was usually enough to prove fatal. A handful did survive, but the disease left its mark - toes, fingers, genitals and sight were often lost. ..... “Over the next four years it killed almost a third of the Athenian population and its armed forces, along with the city’s leader and mastermind of Athenian glory, Pericles. It is unsurprising perhaps that the word pandemic is derived from Greek - “pan” meaning all, and “demos” meaning people.” ..... “A now familiar tale of disease-ridden fleas, carried on the backs of ship-borne rats, the Plague of Justinian, as it came to be known, was in fact the first great pandemic of the bubonic plague. From AD541 to 542 it killed 40% of Constantinople’s population, with the Byzantine historian Procopius claiming that at its peak the plague was killing 10,000 people in the city every day. The disease fanned out across the eastern Mediterranean, wiping out a quarter of the region’s population. A second major outbreak in AD588 went further, spreading up into France, leaving an estimated final death toll for the disease of about 25 million.” .... “From 1347 to 1350, the Black Death killed at least a quarter of Europe’s population - an estimated 25 million people. There were similar bubonic plague outbreaks in Asia and the Middle East at the same time, indicating that it was a global pandemic. Bubonic plague outbreaks occurred repeatedly in Europe, reportedly gathering strength with each generation, until the 1700s. By then the estimated worldwide death toll for the bubonic plague had reached a dizzying 137 million.”
Posted by Phil Peterson on Tuesday, November 8, 2005 at 07:41 PM in Health, History Comments:2
Posted by Andrew on November 09, 2005, 01:14 AM | # OOOps sorry , wrong link, interesting though. 3
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Posted by Johan Van Vlaams on November 09, 2005, 04:25 AM | # probenecid For those who followed my advice to buy Tamiflu (in time – for the others I only can pray), please read this: http://www.nature.com/drugdisc/news/articles/438006a.html 500mg of probenecid given every six hours doubles oseltamivir’s maximum blood concentration and also doubles the time that oseltamivir stays in the blood, multiplying a patient’s overall exposure to the drug 2.5-fold. To help other relatives or for the case one simple course of Tamiflu is not enough against the killer flu. But don’t forget that probenecid also augments the level of antipyretics in your blood. You also should drink at least six glasses of water every day to avoid kidney stones. Aspirin neutralises probenecid. Next entry: Holy war, a shootout and a bashing Previous entry: France Braces for 13th Night of Violence |
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This is how the BBC, ABC , CNN, etc. do the reporting, problem is it is not the happening news, it is the news they make happen for your vision. “Suprised”, Himler would be proud!