Diary of the Cholera Horror in Liverpool
It was the year of 1832, May 17th to be exact, when the distemper had begun in Liverpool.[1] The city…
It was the year of 1832, May 17th to be exact, when the distemper had begun in Liverpool.[1] The city…
What Can Conspiracies Tell Us About Society? Cholera is a frightening bacterial disease that could become fatal in as little…
September 4, 1854 After 1849 I had hoped to never see Asiatic Cholera in London again. The hospitals have been…
By Esyllt Jones
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic there has been an outpouring of commentary from disease historians.
By Caroline Lieffers
When the United States of America took control of the Panama Canal Zone in 1904, there were widespread reports of about a dozen people with Hansen’s disease—more often called leprosy—living in seclusion on the outskirts of Panama City.
By Lawrence Elliott
During a particularly bad wave of Covid-19 in his province, one Canadian premier declared to the assembled media, “Covid is evil.”
This image is taken from my Covid Series. It is an attempt to express my painful experience of losing my mom.
Esyllt Jones is a professor in the Department of History, as well as Dean of Studies, St. John’s College, at…
Centre for Research on Pandemics and Society (PANSOC), OsloMet Preserving Covid-19 Experiences, Royal Society of Canada Jingle Dress Dance Tradition…