Feared Diseases

Humankind has been plagued by infectious diseases, particularly since the time they began to gather in towns and started farming. Despite medical advances in the 20th and 21st centuries, they continue to adapt and cause misery.

Unit 1 -   An Introduction to the Course

Unit 2  -  The Three Pandemics of Plague

Unit 3  -  Feared Diseases in History

Unit 4  -  When a Common Disease Became Deadly

Unit 5  -  Cholera and Other Water-Borne Diseases

Unit 6  -  Malaria and Other Mosquito Borne Diseases

Unit 7  -  Tuberculosis

Unit 8  -  Leprosy - The Stigma of Hansen’s Disease