HLTB21H3 Lecture 2: Lecture 2 Plagues
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Predominant diseases during hunter-gatherer society were those that had high transmission rates; had big parasites; and those that are sexually transmitted; not necessarily relied on vector. Movement to agriculture and the emergence of epidemic diseases. Emergence of cities and urban life new diseases related to crowding emerged and these were known as crowding diseases e. g. measles and tuberculosis. Plagues of antiquity: diseases that occurred from 5000 bc-700 ad; characterised by parasites with long lived transmission stages; had to be transmitted from person to person to contact because population was scarce. pharaoh"s plague- happend in 1900 bc, thought to have appeared in the nile valley of. plague of athens (pages 53-56) - rested heavily on planting vines and olive trees; took on shipping and commercial transactions, 1200-750 bc two powerful city states sparta and. Fever is malaria which was thought to result from the bad air; epidemic occurred every 5-8 years; caused reduced life expectancy to about 20 years less www. notesolution. com.
