The Bubonic Plague

Medicine & Inventions

De: iMinds

Narrado por: Ellouise Rothwell

Duración: 8 m

Resumen del Editor

Learn about the history of The Bubonic Plague with iMinds insightful audio knowledge series.Bubonic plague is widely regarded as being responsible for two of the most infamous plagues in recorded history - the Black Death in the mid-fourteenth century and the Great Plague of London in 1665.

The causative organism of modern-day plague was discovered independently in 1894 by two bacteriologists: the Swiss born Dr. Alexandre Yersin and Dr. Shibasaburo Kitasato from Japan. Both were conducting research in Hong Kong during the third plague pandemic then occurring in Asia. Kitasato was working with the backing of the British authorities and had access to autopsies of plague victims at Kennedy Town Hospital. Yersin had to make do with a straw hut and was bribing grave diggers to allow him to cut samples from corpses prior to burial. Yersin was the first to correctly identify the plague bacillus, initially naming it Pasteurella pestis in honor of his French patron, Louis Pasteur.

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Reseñas de la Crítica

"I'm learning all sorts of stuff about stuff I didn't even know I didn't know. And it sticks. In a nutshell: wonderful." (Jonathon Margolis, Financial Times)

Great synopsis

Nice choice of facts per unit of time. Some basic medical terms. Good vector info.

Love these iMinds!

Any of these imind titles are fantastic. Choose your own interest and you’ll start listening to them all.

Good short Synopsis

Good short listen.

This is a short recap of the bubonic plague. It’s good, interesting, and well written. It’s read well.

nothing fancy, and inexpensive thing to add to your library. But it’s worth a listen if you have even a slight remote interest in the bubonic plague

Short, Concise and Interesting

Since we are in the middle of the COVID 19 pandemic, which seems never ending, this short listen proved very interesting to me. I'm surprised that more Audible listeners haven't downloaded this one and given it a listen. It is pertinent to the times we are living in today. Good information.

Research morsels for busy minded

I enjoyed listening to this as I did my daily walk around the neighborhood. The topic , narrative direction, and pace allows for me to learn something new but in a condensed way.

Excellent, way too short

was so disappointed to hear only 8 minutes. was so excited as it is well written, factual and fascinating.

Finally Truth

Finally someone puts into writing the facts that so far it’s all been unsubstantiated theories.

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catch it

this was a good summary of the plague and gives an accurate timeline of the disease throughout history.

Too close to home.

Jesus Christ this is scary... and recent. Not that 2020 was any better however. I like these short description audibles. Very general but informative.

Annoying background music

The content and speakers are good , however the background music is extremely annoying & takes away from the experience