Peiffer-Smadja N, Thomas M
Service de maladies infectieuses et tropicales, hôpital Bichat-Claude-Bernard, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 46, rue Henri-Huchard, 75018 Paris, France.
62, avenue du Val-de-Beauté, 94130 Nogent-sur-Marne, France.
Rev Med Interne. 2017 Jun;38(6):402-406. doi: 10.1016/j.revmed.2017.03.008. Epub 2017 Apr 28.
Although the plague has practically disappeared from Europe since the beginning of the 20th century, it is still present in everyone's memory. Owing to three pandemics, it has left an indelible mark on mankind and has given rise to many popular phrases, paintings, books or more recently movies and video games. After a brief description of the plague as a disease, we will try to trace the history of the plague through some of the works of art it inspired and then to show how the plague is still haunting our collective memory.
自20世纪初以来,鼠疫实际上已在欧洲绝迹,但它仍存于每个人的记忆之中。由于三次大流行,它在人类历史上留下了不可磨灭的印记,并衍生出许多流行语、绘画、书籍,以及最近的电影和电子游戏。在简要描述鼠疫这种疾病之后,我们将尝试通过它所激发的一些艺术作品来追溯鼠疫的历史,然后展示鼠疫是如何仍然萦绕在我们的集体记忆之中的。