The galenic plague: a breakdown of the imperial pathocoenosis. Pathocoenosis and longue durée.
Is 'pathocoenosis', a notion conceived and a word coined by Mirko Grmek (1969), useful as far as ancient history is concerned? The author is interested in Galenic pathocoenosis, that of doctor Galen and his Emperor Marcus Aurelius (IInd cent. A.D.), when a new 'pestilence' or 'plague' (smallpox?) devastated the whole empire, from Mesopotamia to the Danube at least.
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D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000266:history; D004813:Epidemiology / Q000266:history*; D005843:Geography / Q000266:history; D006663:Historiography; D006666:History of Medicine; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D010686:Philosophy, Medical / Q000266:history; D018644:Roman World / Q000266:history; D012899:Smallpox / Q000266:history*