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Plague (I): Pestilence as Disease

Frank Snowden · Yale University

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  1. Introduction to the Course Audio
  2. Classical Views of Disease: Hippocrates, Galen, and Humoralism Audio
  3. Plague (I): Pestilence as Disease Audio
  4. Plague (II): Responses and Measures Audio
  5. Plague (III): Illustrations and Conclusions Audio
  6. Smallpox (I): "The Speckled Monster" Audio
  7. Smallpox (II): Jenner, Vaccination, and Eradication Audio
  8. Nineteenth-Century Medicine: The Paris School of Medicine Audio
  9. Asiatic Cholera (I): Personal Reflections Audio
  10. Asiatic Cholera (II): Five Pandemics Audio
  11. The Sanitary Movement and the "Filth Theory of Disease" Audio
  12. Syphilis: From the "Great Pox" to the Modern Version Audio
  13. Contagionism versus Anticontagionism Audio
  14. The Germ Theory of Disease Audio
  15. Tropical Medicine as a Discipline Audio
  16. Malaria (I): The Case of Italy Audio
  17. Malaria (II): The Global Challenge Audio
  18. Tuberculosis (I): The Era of Consumption Audio
  19. Tuberculosis (II): After Robert Koch Audio
  20. Pandemic Influenza Audio
  21. The Tuskegee Experiment Audio
  22. AIDS (I) Audio
  23. AIDS (II) Audio
  24. Poliomyelitis: Problems of Eradication Audio
  25. SARS, Avian Influenza, and Swine Flu: Lessons and Prospects Audio
  26. Final Q&A Audio