PPT-The Plague of Athens

Hans House MD FACEP Vice Chair for Education Department of Emergency Medicine University of Iowa Objectives Discuss a historical case presentation and explore the differential diagnosis of an unknown infectious disease. By: Global Connection. Welcome!. This year the graduating class of 2014 will be. visiting the historical city of Athens and visit it’s. beautiful sites and monuments.. Table of Contents. Trip information pages:. Exodus 6: 1-8. Then the LORD said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: Because of my mighty hand he will let them go; because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his country.”. From 1347 to 1351, The Black Death (The “Plague”) originated in Central Asia. The Plague swept through Asia, Europe and Africa by way of Mediterranean Trade Routes. . . The Plague was at its worst between 1347 and 1351.. THE . PELOPONNESIAN. WAR. ATHENS . vs. SPARTA – THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR . Athenian Historian & General 460-400 BC. Wrote the . “History of the Peloponnesian War”. “Father of Scientific History”. The Athenian Golden Age. The Athenian Golden Age. Setting the Stage. The Greek Civilization was a collection of . city-states. . Athens. and . Sparta. were two of the most powerful cities for different reasons. Delian. . League- alliance of Greek city-states. Athens becomes rich. Received $200 million in tribute money from each member of the . Delian. League.. Some city-states turn to Sparta. Athenians have a trade monopoly within Greece causing tension in the region.. Delian. . League- alliance of Greek city-states. Athens becomes rich. Received $200 million in tribute money from each member of the . Delian. League.. Some city-states turn to Sparta. Athenians have a trade monopoly within Greece causing tension in the region.. Public Life. Agora. Public market, meeting place. Center of public life. Vendors (food, art, wool, cloth, books…). Mostly men. Public Buildings. Temples and Gov. buildings line Agora. Greek Architecture. 11 What is Plague -Plague is a disease caused by Yersinia pestis a bacterium found in rodents and their fleas in many areas around the world 2 Why are we concerned Plague as a bioweapon If Y pestis is disease. caused by . Yersinia. . pestis. involving rodents and . fleas. First recorded in China in 224 BCE. Black death. : 14. th. century in Europe; 50 million deaths. Transmitted by infected flea bites to humans. type I). Also K/as. Mad rat disease. Black death. Mahamari. Pestilential fever. Buboes. Pest. "Black death" inspired one of the most enduring nursery rhymes in the English language, “Ring a Ring . The “Black Plague”, also known as the bubonic plague, reached Italy, from the east, in the spring of 1348 and spread through Europe over the next three years, killing between 25 and 50% of t an . infectious disease caused by the bacteria . Yersinia. . pestis. , a . zoonotic. bacteria, usually found in small mammals and their fleas. It is transmitted between animals through fleas. . . Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta. Plague lasted 3 years. Killed ~25% of Athens population . Including Pericles . Likely Typhoid fever or a Hemorrhagic Fever like Ebola. Caused a withdraw of the Spartans because they feared contact with the sick.