Facing an Infection as a Health Care Provider

In fact mortality among the doctors was the highest of all, since they came more frequently in contact with the sick. —History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides (c. 460–400 bc)The old-time pandemic described in the History of the Peloponnesian War was believed to have started in Africa and reached the Eastern Mediterranean and Europe through Egypt and Libya. It was so devastating that it made the Greek his torian Thucydides stop writing about the war and start giving details about the plague.

Source: Gastroenterology Clinics of North America - May 21, 2021 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: M. Nedim Ince, David E. Elliott Tags: Preface Source Type: research