Galen and the Plague

Flemming, Rebecca

doi:10.1163/9789004383302_011

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“…For instance, the prestigious physician Galen, who witnessed and described the initial outbreak in Rome, abandoned the city after seeing all his slaves to death. According to contemporary historian Cassio Dio, the plague took the lives of up to 2000 people a day in the city of Rome by 189 CE (Petit, 2018). Famous public orator Aurelius Aristides wrote that the plague affected first his servants, and eventually everyone in his house was affected.…”

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Coping With Pandemics

Forcén

Freudenreich

2023

J Nerv Ment Dis

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Throughout history, society has dealt with several devastating pandemics. Our objective is to analyze society's coping mechanisms to deal with pandemic-related stress in history congruent with the values of the time. For that purpose, we have carefully selected some of the most significant pandemics based on their impact and the available psychosocial literature. After a brief introduction, society's coping tools are reviewed and analyzed for the Antonine Plague, the second bubonic plague, the third cholera pandemic, the Spanish flu, the HIV pandemic, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite occurring at different times in history, parallels can be established in the study of society's psychological reactions among different pandemics. Magical thinking, political skepticism, fake accusations, and discrimination of minorities are recurrent reactions in society among different pandemics in history.

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“…As such, he wrote a verse dedicated to Apollo that people would leave at their doors. Lucian looked at Alexander's prophecies in disdain and wrote that not only were these practices ineffective but that their followers were probably more affected by the plague than the rest of the population (Csaba, 2021; Duncan-Jones, 2018; Petit, 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%