Title:

Pandemics in World History

Creator:

Krajewska, Hanna

Publisher:

Instytut Rozwoju Wsi i Rolnictwa Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2020

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

pandemic ; epidemic ; plague ; cholera ; typhoid ; smallpox ; syphilis ; leprosy ; Spanish flu

Abstract:

The article presents stories of the greatest pandemics in world history. Diseases have been the scourge of mankind for centuries. They turned out to be most aggressive when people began to live in larger clusters, i.e. mostly in cities. One of the larger pandemics that afflicted people quite regularly was the plague. But other diseases, such as cholera, typhoid, smallpox, syphilis, leprosy and Spanish flu, were also extremely devastating. These diseases left a huge mark on people’s mentality, they were described many times in literature and captured in paintings and sculptures. They influenced the course of battles, caused economic turmoil and changed the private lives of individuals. Treatment was intuitive for many centuries. Only vaccinations and identifying the causes of a disease offered a chance of recovery.

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Relation:

Wieś i Rolnictwo

Issue:

3 (188)

Start page:

17

End page:

30

Resource type:

Text

Resource Identifier:

doi:10.53098/wir032020/01 ; 0137-1673 (print); 2657-5213 (on-line)

Source:

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Language:

pl

Language of abstract:

eng

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY 4.0 license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY 4.0] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY 4.0 license, full text available at:

Digitizing institution:

Institute of Rural and Agricultural Development of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Institute of Rural and Agriculture Development of the PAS

Projects co-financed by:

"Development of scientific journals" program - Ministry of Science and Higher Education (project number RCN/SP/0473/2021/1)

Access:

Open