Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present
67 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAbout Pandemics, Epidemics, Outbreaks, Viruses, and Other Pathogens in History
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Pre-1918 Influenza Epidemics. Ep. 16
November 01, 2020 00:08 - 13.2 MBFrom 5000 B.C. to the 1889 “Russian Flu.” Including the role of Christopher Columbus, and the arrival of the flu in the Americas. Early theories of the causes of flu, and early flu treatments. 17 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present [email protected] @chemsmithInstagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episode
Smallpox Wrap-up. Ep. 15
November 01, 2020 00:04 - 12.2 MBWhere did smallpox come from? How does it infect? What is chickenpox? What is shingles? Timeline of smallpox outbreaks. The end of smallpox. Then again, is it really gone? 16 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present [email protected] @chemsmithInstagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episode
Cholera epidemics from 1817. Ep. 14
October 31, 2020 23:40 - 11.7 MBFirst, second, and third cholera epidemics. In India, Europe, Russia, and the Americas. What is cholera & how does it work? Its symptoms. Current situation. Miasma, germ theory and the importance of the epidemiological work of John Snow’s observations of the Broad Street epidemic of 1854. 15 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present [email protected] reading "Cholera epidemics from 1817. Ep. 14"
Stories from the 16th-18th centuries in Europe. Ep. 13
October 31, 2020 18:23 - 12.2 MBThe Russian Plague of 1770 & the Plague Riots. the true and inspiring story of the English village of Eyam. More science about the bubonic plague. Ring Around the Rosie? Three types of bubonic plague. A bubonic plague vaccine? 16 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present [email protected] @chemsmithInstagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episode
More plagues in the 16th-18th centuries in Europe. Ep. 12
October 31, 2020 00:17 - 13.3 MBSweating sickness, typhus, lots more bubonic plague including the “Great Plague.” The Great Fire of London. 17 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present [email protected] @chemsmithInstagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episode
16th-18th century outbreaks and epidemics in America. Ep. 11
October 31, 2020 00:11 - 12.7 MBGenerally brought to North America from Europeans. Yellow fever, smallpox, bubonic plague, influenza, typhus, chickenpox, malaria, diptheria. Disease outbreaks among Native Americans. Timeline of outbreaks and descriptions. 16 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present [email protected] @chemsmithInstagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episode
All About Viruses, Part 3. Retroviruses. Ep. 10
October 31, 2020 00:05 - 12.7 MBWhat are retroviruses? Adeno-associated virus gene therapy (Duchenne muscular dystrophy example). 16 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present [email protected] @chemsmithInstagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episode
All About Viruses, Part 2. Ep. 9
October 30, 2020 23:59 - 9.09 MBMore characteristics of viruses. Origins of viruses. Are they alive? How do viruses replicate (“life cycle”)? 12 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present [email protected] @chemsmithInstagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episode
All About Viruses, Part 1. Ep. 8
October 30, 2020 23:50 - 15.8 MBWhat’s a virus? What types are there? How do they make us sick? How were they discovered? Viruses are NOT inherently bad? What are phages and what is phage therapy? 20 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present [email protected] @chemsmithInstagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episode
Pandemics in Mexico in the 1500’s. Ep. 7
October 30, 2020 23:41 - 13 MBDevastation from smallpox brought by Europeans. It’s effect on the Aztec Empire. Firsthand accounts. Smallpox symptoms. The origin of smallpox. The famous story of Edward Jenner and the smallpox vaccine, but who was Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. Also the Cocoliztli Epidemic. 16 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present [email protected] @chemsmithInstagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link toContinue reading "Pandemics in Mexico in the 1500’s. Ep. 7"
The Black Death. 1346-1353. Ep. 6
October 30, 2020 23:33 - 5.47 MBThe most famous plague in history. Symptoms of the bubonic plague. Where it hit. Death toll. Types of bubonic plague. The Sedlec Ossuary. The Plague Cross. 12 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present [email protected] @chemsmithInstagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episode
Japanese Smallpox Epidemic. 735-737 AD. Ep. 5
October 30, 2020 23:25 - 5.86 MBSmallpox affected all of Japanese society, up to the very top. 7 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present [email protected] @chemsmithInstagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episode
Roman & Byzantine Epidemics. Ep. 4
October 30, 2020 23:14 - 6.84 MBThe Antonine Plague (165 A.D., smallpox?) and the Plague of Justinian (541 A.D., bubonic plague). 8 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present [email protected] @chemsmithInstagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episode
Two Roman & Byzantine Epidemics. Ep. 4
October 30, 2020 23:14 - 6.84 MBThe Antonine Plague (165 A.D., smallpox?) and the Plague of Justinian (541 A.D., bubonic plague). 8 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present [email protected] @chemsmithInstagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episode
B.C. Era Epidemics. Ep. 3
October 30, 2020 23:07 - 8.36 MBSome definitions we should know, followed by descriptions of three epidemics from 5000 to 430 B.C. 10 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present [email protected] @chemsmithInstagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episode
Five general types of infectious agents. Ep. 2
October 30, 2020 18:43 - 3.96 MBSomewhat arbitrary, but here are five classes of infectious agents. The word “pathogen” still fails to come to mind. 5 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present [email protected] @chemsmithInstagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episode
Introduction. Two types of “Deadly Microscopic Agents.” Ep. 1
October 26, 2020 00:02 - 6.19 MBAn introduction to what I’ll be talking about. Today: types of toxins. Somehow I forget the word “pathogen” exists. 8 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present [email protected] @chemsmithInstagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episode