DISEASE AND HISTORY

I.  CORTES, AZTECS, AND WILLIAM MCNEILL…

II. IDEAS OF DISEASE TRANSMISSION BEFORE THE 19TH CENTURY:

III. DISEASE IN WORLD HISTORY: EXAMPLES

A. Yellow Fever in Haiti

                        B. Bubonic Plague in Jaffa

                        C. Typhus in Russia

D. Cholera: Pretty Much Everywhere—

A DREADED PANDEMIC…1829–1851:

E. Plague in Australia

IV. WHY DOES THIS DISEASE BUSINESS MATTER?

A. Is it still an issue?

B. More importantly, since it is still an issue, let’s look at what it means:

Disease and Government Response…

                        Help can be dangerous…