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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: Duncan Head on May 30, 2023, 05:56:10 PM

Title: Earliest plague in Britain in Bronze Age teeth
Post by: Duncan Head on May 30, 2023, 05:56:10 PM
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/may/30/oldest-evidence-of-plague-in-britain-found-in-4000-year-old-human-remains
Title: Re: Earliest plague in Britain in Bronze Age teeth
Post by: Imperial Dave on May 30, 2023, 06:23:26 PM
speaking of which I am on antibiotics that are normally used for treating this
Title: Re: Earliest plague in Britain in Bronze Age teeth
Post by: Erpingham on May 30, 2023, 07:16:22 PM
Sounds nasty.  Here's wishing for a speedy recovery.
Title: Re: Earliest plague in Britain in Bronze Age teeth
Post by: Imperial Dave on May 30, 2023, 07:19:55 PM
treating the symptoms not the underlying cause unfortunately
Title: Re: Earliest plague in Britain in Bronze Age teeth
Post by: Ian61 on May 31, 2023, 09:46:41 AM
Interesting, I am out of date on some of this I had thought the Justinian plague was the first we knew about. On a similar topic I have been listening to an excellent series on the radio called Pathogenisis which makes links between history and pathogens. Whilst I knew some of the topics from my reading around history and/or science there were still some interesting new bits I hadn't known.
Title: Re: Earliest plague in Britain in Bronze Age teeth
Post by: Ian61 on May 31, 2023, 10:38:59 AM
Should have said series is actually an abridged version of the book of the same name by Dr Jonathan Kennedy that I think I will have to get and read in full.
Title: Re: Earliest plague in Britain in Bronze Age teeth
Post by: Imperial Dave on May 31, 2023, 11:29:13 AM
thanks for the info Ian. I am generally quite interested in stuff like this
Title: Re: Earliest plague in Britain in Bronze Age teeth
Post by: Erpingham on May 31, 2023, 12:56:57 PM
Quote from: Ian61 on May 31, 2023, 10:38:59 AMShould have said series is actually an abridged version of the book of the same name by Dr Jonathan Kennedy that I think I will have to get and read in full.

Does he resolve "Sweating Sickness" by any chance?  It's one of the great disease mysteries of the medieval world.
Title: Re: Earliest plague in Britain in Bronze Age teeth
Post by: Ian61 on May 31, 2023, 01:09:54 PM
Quote from: Erpingham on May 31, 2023, 12:56:57 PMDoes he resolve "Sweating Sickness" by any chance?  It's one of the great disease mysteries of the medieval world.

Not in what I have heard - but I have only listened to the first 4 episodes so far, there is a fifth episode in my in tray and I don't know how many total but I know he is going to get to last century and current Covid stuff.
Title: Re: Earliest plague in Britain in Bronze Age teeth
Post by: Ian61 on May 31, 2023, 03:47:47 PM
Just 5 brief episodes, I have sent for the book as I suspect it will contain far more, will post elsewhere when it comes. One of my all time heroes, John Snow gets a mention - you will probably not know/remember that I used to use a photo of the handleless pump in front of the John Snow Pub as my avatar on the forum.
Title: Re: Earliest plague in Britain in Bronze Age teeth
Post by: Nick Harbud on June 02, 2023, 09:16:57 AM
...and I thought it was just the way you walked.

 ;D
Title: Re: Earliest plague in Britain in Bronze Age teeth
Post by: Imperial Dave on June 02, 2023, 09:29:38 AM
Tsk tsk
Title: Re: Earliest plague in Britain in Bronze Age teeth
Post by: Erpingham on June 02, 2023, 10:23:19 AM
Quote from: Nick Harbud on June 02, 2023, 09:16:57 AM...and I thought it was just the way you walked.

 ;D


I thought that was lawnmowers?
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