Introduction • 1. Plagues of Egypt • 2. Athenian plague – 5th century BC • 3. Antonine Plague – 2nd century AD • 4. Plague of Justinian – 6th century • 5. Leprosy – 11–14th centuries • 6. Black Death – 14th century • 7. Sweating sickness – 15–16th centuries • 8. Syphilis – 16th century • 9. Cocolitztli epidemic, Mexico – 16th century • 10. New World Smallpox – 16–17th century • 11. Great Plague (or Marseilles plague) – 1660s • 12. Russian Plague – 1770s • 13. Cholera – 1850s • 14. Flu – 1890s • 15. Spanish flu – 1910s • 16. Polio – 1911 – 1980s • 17. Asian flu – 1950s • 18. Hong Kong flu – 1968 19. AIDS – 1980s • 20. Swine flu – 2000s • 21. SARs, MERs et al. – 2010s • 22. Covid-19 – 2020s • Conclusion Timeline of Catastrophes • Index
A collection of intimate and revelatory first-hand accounts of pandemics through the ages
Peter Furtado is the former editor of History Today. His publications include the Sunday Times bestselling Histories of Nations, as well as Revolutions: How They Changed History and What They Mean Today and Great Cities Through Travellers' Eyes.
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