Research article summary (published 30 Dec 2004):

The galenic plague: a breakdown of the imperial pathocoenosis. Pathocoenosis and longue durée.

Full Abstract

Is 'pathocoenosis', a notion conceived and a word coined by Mirko Grmek (1969), useful as far as ancient history is concerned? The author is interested in Galenic pathocoenosis, that of doctor Galen and his Emperor Marcus Aurelius (IInd cent. A.D.), when a new 'pestilence' or 'plague' (smallpox?) devastated the whole empire, from Mesopotamia to the Danube at least.

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Author information

Author/s: Gourevitch, Danielle (D);

Affiliation: Sciences Historiques et Philologiques La Sorbonne 45-47, rue des Ecoles 75005, Paris, France.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Biography; Historical Article; Journal Article

Journal: History and philosophy of the life sciences (Hist Philos Life Sci), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2005-; vol 27 (issue 1) : pp 57-69

Dates: Created 2006/08/09; Completed 2006/08/24;

PMID: 16894811, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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Disease Outbreaks - history Epidemiology - history Geography - history Historiography History of Medicine History, Ancient

History, Ancient Humans Knowledge Philosophy, Medical - history Roman World - history Smallpox - history

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