History of pandemics: coronavirus in perspective
Medical historian Prof Frank Huisman (UMC Utrecht) gives an overview of the pandemics that changed the world.
The coronavirus is not the first pandemic disease to take center stage in world history. In the 19th century cholera ravaged societies all over the world, and in de Middle Ages, The Black Death claimed millions of victims. What effects did these pandemics have on society at large? How did medical science evolve in response to these outbreaks? Medical historian Prof Frank Huisman (UMC Utrecht) on what past efforts can teach us about the present.
This is the first lecture in an interdisciplinary series about the coronavirus pandemic. Go to our website for more information: https://www.sg.uu.nl/series/coronavir...
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