The Story of Vampirism

Discover the history of acromegaly, from David & Goliath myth to how we treat the disease nowadays.

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.

Discover the history of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig disease. In this article, we focused on the advances and work that preceded the identification of the disease by Jean-Martin Charcot. We therefore discussed well-known scientists such as Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne and explored the beautiful and tragic story of Lou Gehrig.

In these podcasts on the history of the Polio, we talk about the first traces found in Egypt, the dramatic epidemia in the XIXth and XXth century and the development of a vaccine that almost eradicated the disease.

For this podcast, I adiscussed with Pr. Laurence OLIVIER FAIVRE and Ms. Sonia GOERGER about their book series for children con rare disease