The Plague Archives

Plagues. Archives. History. We have been here before.

[Andrea Thompson @Ldyandrea]

@BradleyWhitford Yep. You will see all of the following said:

"I just don't like her."
"She just sounds too shrill."
"She's too ambitious."
"She just rubs me the wrong way."
"Is she strong enough to take on Putin?"
"But what does she know about running the military?"

[Bradley Whitford @bradleywhitford]

No matter who the VP pick turns out to be, prepare yourselves for the unconscious bias from the right AND the left that will interpret her far more harshly than a man would ever be judged.

[The Plague Archives @ArchivesPlague]

Amazing!!!

[Molly Blue Dawn @WhatMollySaid]

cc: @ArchivesPlague

[Randy Rainbow @RandyRainbow]

I feel you, gurl. I hate packing too.

[The Plague Archives @ArchivesPlague]

Books in the #plaguearchives

[Devani Singh @DevaniSingh]

The library book as disease vector, 19th century edition

(from Leah Price, How to Do Things with Books in Victorian Britain, p. 195).

[Esther Choo, MD MPH @choo_ek]

The outcomes from COVID are not live vs die. There is a world of suffering, morbidity, and disability in between.

[The Plague Archives @ArchivesPlague]

The sheet music! We welcome additional renditions! #smallpox #quarantinepolka #quarantinelife #polka #polkalife #wfstrong #iowa #shenandoah #davemalloy #covid19 #plaguearchives

[The Plague Archives @ArchivesPlague]

LADIES and GERMS, The PLAGUE ARCHIVES is proud to present the LEGENDARY @dave_malloy performing THE QUARANTINE POLKA, written by WF Strong in 1885 after the smallpox outbreak of Shenandoah, Iowa!

[Jaime Harrison @harrisonjaime]

Too late.

[The Plague Archives @ArchivesPlague]

As plagues were divine punishment, during the Black Death “groups of fanatical penitents would travel from town to town, beating themselves, wearing such spiked devices” to earn God’s mercy. #makeitstop #blackdeath #flagellants #pain #covid_19 #covid19 #plaguearchives 2/2

[The Plague Archives @ArchivesPlague]

Spiked Penitent Belt & Ankle Bands. In both cases worn with the spikes facing inwards. In Medieval cosmology, everything—even Satan—came from God. Also disease. 1/2

[The Plague Archives @ArchivesPlague]

“reminiscent of a pieta, a representation of the Virgin Mary holding her son’s dead body in her lap. The painting of the Crucifixion on the back wall also recalls Christ’s suffering.” #parentinginpandemic #sickchild #plaguearchives #netherlands #amsterdam #covid19 #worstfears

[The Plague Archives @ArchivesPlague]

The Sick Child, Gabriël Metsu, c. 1664-66. “In 1663 the plague raged throughout Amsterdam, killing 1 in 10 citizens. Dating from around this time is Metsu’s poignant portrayal of a sick child, rendered in powerful, bright colours against a grey background. @rijksmuseum 1/2

[The Plague Archives @ArchivesPlague]

Poor Barbara. Not for her the carefree hours of happy play. From “Preventing the Spread of Disease” (1940), #publichealth #psa #educationalfilm #hygeine #germtheory #blackandwhite #healthandhygeine #infectiousdiseases #covid19 #covid_19 #scienceisreal

[The Plague Archives @ArchivesPlague]

When I can travel again, 1st place I’m going is #Bologna, Museum of Anatomical Waxes, still housed at the University #waxworks #anatomy #medschooltwitter #pathology #waxmodels #smallpox #giuseppeastorri #covid19 #italia #italy #19thcentury #bologna #theplaguearchives #humanhair

[The Plague Archives @ArchivesPlague]

Giuseppe Astorri was official modeler of the Anatomical Cabinet @ Università do Bologna. He worked w anatomists to create pathological waxworks in an era before widely allowed cadaver dissection. In all likelihood he made this wax model of Human Smallpox in 1820s-30s. 1/2

[The Plague Archives @ArchivesPlague]

Glass lantern slide / Dr Richard Pearson Strong papers @HarvardLibrary #plaguearchives #pneumonicplague #internationalcooperation #vaccines #scienceisreal #historymatters #collaboration #AllInThisTogether #manchuria #manchurianplague #changchun #jilinprovince #china #covid_19

[The Plague Archives @ArchivesPlague]

Manchurian Plague, pneumonic & dangerously airborne, was thought to have originated from a tarbagan marmot (widely hunted for fur) infected with bacteria pneumonia. It was then likely spread by migrant laborers. It was incredibly deadly, with an almost 100% mortality rate. 1/3

[The Plague Archives @ArchivesPlague]

In April 1911, Dr Wu Lien-teh (who also promoted quarantine & masks) convened the Int’l Plague Conference, 1st major event of its kind, asserting importance of multinat’l/cooperative response to epidemic. Between 1910-11, the plague claimed 60,000. 2/3

[The Plague Archives @ArchivesPlague]

Electuaries were pastes of herbs, water, honey & sugar. Electuary de ovo is made from eggs/ingredients used as poison antidote or to combat plague. #18thcentury #electuary #medicine #plaguearchives #remedies #herbals #eggs #antidotes #rococo #urns #medicine #homeopathic