The History of Leprosy

I was really pleased to discuss with Dr. Sylvaine Artero (INSERM) about her new study focused on the impact of a diet rich in refined sugar on the risk of developing cerebral dementia.

Delve into the fascinating history of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease. We will take a journey through the pioneering work and discoveries that led up to Jean-Martin Charcot's identification of the disease. Along the way, we shed light on the contributions of prominent scientists like Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne and pay tribute to the remarkable, yet tragic, story of baseball legend Lou Gehrig, who brought international attention to this devastating condition.

In this episode, we will discuss this crisis considered today to be the first major epidemic in history. Through the stories of Thucydides, we will discuss the arrival of the disease in the port of Piraeus, the symptoms, and the attempts at treatment by the nursing staff, which was the profession most affected by the disease.

In these podcasts on the history of the Plague, we talk about the pioneering discoveries of Alexander Yersin, the Justinian Plague and the Black Death.

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