Epidemiology Archives - British Society for the History of Medicine https://bshm.org.uk/category/epidemiology/ Fri, 20 Sep 2024 09:02:00 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 Plague Houses and Pandemics – Some comparisons between 1665 and 2020 https://bshm.org.uk/plague-houses-and-pandemics-some-comparisons-between-1665-and-2020/ https://bshm.org.uk/plague-houses-and-pandemics-some-comparisons-between-1665-and-2020/#respond Thu, 19 Sep 2024 20:32:53 +0000 https://bshm.org.uk/?p=19033 Charles ll issued an edict in 1665 that every parish should identify a shed, a tent or a house to accommodate those identified with the plague. Alison Wall looks at the role of such isolation in times of pandemic. Plague, pest or pestilence houses – the terms can be used interchangeably – were buildings set […]

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]]> https://bshm.org.uk/plague-houses-and-pandemics-some-comparisons-between-1665-and-2020/feed/ 0 Herd Immunity – what’s in a name? https://bshm.org.uk/herd-immunity-whats-in-a-name/ https://bshm.org.uk/herd-immunity-whats-in-a-name/#respond Sun, 29 Mar 2020 12:29:32 +0000 https://bshm.org.uk/?p=9424 “Herd immunity” recently made a controversial appearance in the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic. What does the phrase mean, where did it come from, and how helpful is it today? As of March 2020, the OED defines it as, “resistance to the spread of a contagious disease within a population that results if a […]

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]]> https://bshm.org.uk/herd-immunity-whats-in-a-name/feed/ 0 Can history help us in the COVID-19 epidemic? https://bshm.org.uk/can-history-help-us-in-the-covid-19-epidemic/ https://bshm.org.uk/can-history-help-us-in-the-covid-19-epidemic/#respond Wed, 11 Mar 2020 13:32:28 +0000 https://bshm.org.uk/?p=9271 In this time of great uncertainty around the impact that Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) will have on populations and health systems globally, can we look to history to help us in its management? Many have already drawn comparisons between COVID-19 and the 1918 influenza pandemic, also known as ‘Spanish Flu’. The 1918 influenza pandemic which […]

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