MICR 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Postpartum Infections, Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, Septicemic Plague

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Microbiology and Immunology
• Course: MICR 221
• Professor: Virginia K Walker

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Can change the course of history: napoleon recruited new army of 500,000 in 1813 after his defeat in. Russia: by the time he faced allies at leipzig 220,000 incapacitated by illness (typhus, dysentery, pneumonia) and this major factor in his defeat. Still very prevalent (ny times 20/10/13: haiti in midst of 4th year of cholera outbreak that killed 8300 and sickened 650,000. Mags of 50-300x discovered spermatazoa, red blood cells, major microbes. The triumph of death: pieter brueghel the elder. 1351-1355 one third of european population killed (25 million) eventually about 80% killed. Some believe the first use of germ warfare. Toronto star july 19 2012 septicemic plague, which can cause victims to bleed from the mouth, nose and rectum; after 1 month on life support, he survived in. 2015: two people died from plague in colorado oct 22 2015 toronto star headline: plague probably killed people 3,000 years earlier than once thought.