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EP 32: A History Of Bioweapons: The 1800s, The American Civil War & The Yellow Fever Plot: Part 2
This is episode 32 of The Truth Tank.
On this episode we will be continuing our deep dive into the world of Bioweapons. It is now the 1800’s, and besides the accidental spreading of diseases between Polynesian and Pacific Islander cultures through contact with Europeans, the 19th century was pretty quiet on the Bioweapon front until a history defining conflict towards the later part of the century and that was The American Civil War.
The use of Biological components in warfare was rampant in during The Civil War, both the North and the South used Bioweapons against one another in the hopes that germs and diseases would give them the advantage over the enemy. We will look at how both the North and South used differing and cunning strategies to turn the tide of the war.
The North restricted the Souths access to medical supplies through the Union Blockade aka the Anaconda Plan. While The South Tried to spread disease to the North in the diabolical Yellow Fever Plot masterminded by the brilliant but mad Dr. Blackburn. Also looked at will be the restriction of the life saving medication Quinine and how the South struggled to find a substitute when supplies run low due to the Unions Blockade of the South.
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Sources:
https://www.stacommunications.com/journals/pdfs/diagnosis/diagnosissept/med%20of%20Hist.pdf
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/fever-major-american-epidemics-of-yellow-fever/&ved=2ahUKEwi7lIXa__KMAxX9d2wGHWzyCREQFnoECDAQAQ&usg=AOvVaw05aPwU943vz8qVjhJaFude
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/64142786&ved=2ahUKEwi7lIXa__KMAxX9d2wGHWzyCREQFnoECDEQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3f2A6RrO_QxMwdJbe8RcGu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_agent
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This is episode 32 of The Truth Tank.
On this episode we will be continuing our deep dive into the world of Bioweapons. It is now the 1800’s, and besides the accidental spreading of diseases between Polynesian and Pacific Islander cultures through contact with Europeans, the 19th century was pretty quiet on the Bioweapon front until a history defining conflict towards the later part of the century and that was The American Civil War.
The use of Biological components in warfare was rampant in during The Civil War, both the North and the South used Bioweapons against one another in the hopes that germs and diseases would give them the advantage over the enemy. We will look at how both the North and South used differing and cunning strategies to turn the tide of the war.
The North restricted the Souths access to medical supplies through the Union Blockade aka the Anaconda Plan. While The South Tried to spread disease to the North in the diabolical Yellow Fever Plot masterminded by the brilliant but mad Dr. Blackburn. Also looked at will be the restriction of the life saving medication Quinine and how the South struggled to find a substitute when supplies run low due to the Unions Blockade of the South.
Socials:
https://www.instagram.com/thetruthtank/
https://www.facebook.com/ThetruthTank/
Listen:
Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/show/0P4Hcqlgc6kCG0bYyAS2Su
Apple
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-truth-tank/id1463256905
I Heart Radio
https://iheart.com/podcast/76110779
Castbox
https://castbox.fm/channel/The-Truth-Tank-id5627421?country=us
Amazon
https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/791410e2-fa17-43e7-84db-6c81325f4203
Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrhX1ZqvZx_xM59bk-tRa6Q
Sources:
https://www.stacommunications.com/journals/pdfs/diagnosis/diagnosissept/med%20of%20Hist.pdf
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/fever-major-american-epidemics-of-yellow-fever/&ved=2ahUKEwi7lIXa__KMAxX9d2wGHWzyCREQFnoECDAQAQ&usg=AOvVaw05aPwU943vz8qVjhJaFude
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/64142786&ved=2ahUKEwi7lIXa__KMAxX9d2wGHWzyCREQFnoECDEQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3f2A6RrO_QxMwdJbe8RcGu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_agent