Significant Diseases Throughout History
The following pages include historical notes on various contagious diseases throughout history. In addition to narrative content, these pages also include links to related digitized items from Harvard Library collections, references to other Contagion pages, and bibliographies for further reading.
- The Boston Smallpox Epidemic, 1721
- Cholera Epidemics in the 19th Century
- The Great Plague of London, 1665
- "Pestilence" and the Printed Books of the Late 15th Century
- Spanish Influenza in North America, 1918-1919
- Syphilis, 1494-1923
- Tropical Diseases and the Construction of the Panama Canal, 1904-1914
- Tuberculosis in Europe and North America, 1800-1922
- The Yellow Fever Epidemic in Philadelphia, 1793
