infectious diseases Archives - British Society for the History of Medicine https://bshm.org.uk/tag/infectious-diseases/ Tue, 26 May 2020 16:38:13 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 Poems and Pandemics in the Plague Village https://bshm.org.uk/poems-and-pandemics-in-the-plague-village/ https://bshm.org.uk/poems-and-pandemics-in-the-plague-village/#respond Tue, 26 May 2020 16:38:13 +0000 https://bshm.org.uk/?p=9911 Simon Armitage’s newly released poem, ‘Lockdown‘, recalls the Eyam plague of 1665/6, effectively evoking feelings that reverberate in our current situation, and remind us that we are not the first to find ourselves in such a position. In Lockdown, the Poet Laureate touches on some of the most notable features of the story. ‘Thimbles brimmed […]

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