Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present

The 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

Smallpox affected all of Japanese society, up to the very top. 7 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present [email protected] @chemsmithInstagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episode

The 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

Some 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

Somewhat 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

An 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