• Rev Med Interne · Jun 2017

    Historical Article

    [The plague: A disease that is still haunting our collective memory].

    • N Peiffer-Smadja and M Thomas.
    • Service de maladies infectieuses et tropicales, hôpital Bichat-Claude-Bernard, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 46, rue Henri-Huchard, 75018 Paris, France. Electronic address: nathan.psmadja@gmail.com.
    • Rev Med Interne. 2017 Jun 1; 38 (6): 402-406.

    AbstractAlthough the plague has practically disappeared from Europe since the beginning of the 20th century, it is still present in everyone's memory. Owing to three pandemics, it has left an indelible mark on mankind and has given rise to many popular phrases, paintings, books or more recently movies and video games. After a brief description of the plague as a disease, we will try to trace the history of the plague through some of the works of art it inspired and then to show how the plague is still haunting our collective memory.Copyright © 2017 Société Nationale Française de Médecine Interne (SNFMI). Published by Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.

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