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History of Medicine

Prior pandemics. looking to the past for insight into the COVID-19 pandemic

, , MD, MACPORCID Icon
Pages 163-170 | Received 07 Nov 2020, Accepted 18 Nov 2020, Published online: 23 Mar 2021

Figures & data

Figure 1. Plague in an Ancient City, oil on canvas, c. 1652–1654, by Michiel Sweerts

Figure 1. Plague in an Ancient City, oil on canvas, c. 1652–1654, by Michiel Sweerts

Figure 2. The Triumph of Death, oil on panel, c. 1562 by Pieter Bruegel the elder

Figure 2. The Triumph of Death, oil on panel, c. 1562 by Pieter Bruegel the elder

Figure 3. Robert Koch (1843–1910), German physician/microbiologist

Figure 3. Robert Koch (1843–1910), German physician/microbiologist

Figure 4. Thomas – Galveston Hospital. ‘My family didn’t want me for Christmas. They gave me paper plates and cups to eat off.’ Dry point, sheet (irregular), 1994 by Sue Coe

Figure 4. Thomas – Galveston Hospital. ‘My family didn’t want me for Christmas. They gave me paper plates and cups to eat off.’ Dry point, sheet (irregular), 1994 by Sue Coe

Figure 5. Location of Haskell county within the state of Kansas

Figure 5. Location of Haskell county within the state of Kansas

Figure 6. Epidemic curve of the 1918/1919 Spanish flu pandemic

Figure 6. Epidemic curve of the 1918/1919 Spanish flu pandemic

Figure 7. Mortality curve of the 1918/1919 Spanish flu pandemic

Figure 7. Mortality curve of the 1918/1919 Spanish flu pandemic

Figure 8. Diagram illustrating Robert Webster’s theory as to how bird strains of influenza virus reassort with pig strains to develop into ones capable of infecting humans

Figure 8. Diagram illustrating Robert Webster’s theory as to how bird strains of influenza virus reassort with pig strains to develop into ones capable of infecting humans

Figure 9. World War I trench packed with allied troops

Figure 9. World War I trench packed with allied troops