Mazokopakis Elias E, Karagiannis Christos G
Department of Internal Medicine, Naval Hospital of Crete, Chania, Greece.
Department of Theology, School of Theology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Maedica (Bucur). 2019 Sep;14(3):310-313. doi: 10.26574/maedica.2019.14.3.310.
The sixth Egyptian plague described in the Book of Exodus (the second book of the Pentateuch or Torah) was one of the Ten Plagues of Egypt which occurred probably during the 13th century BC. This plague was an acute epidemic skin disease characterized by boils that eventually formed ulcers on the skin. The sixth Egyptian plague comprises the first medical report on the harmful effects of soot/dust on skin and presages the nowadays well-known harmful effects of soot-induced air pollution on the environment and human health.
《出埃及记》(《摩西五经》或《托拉》的第二卷)中描述的第六次埃及瘟疫是埃及十灾之一,可能发生在公元前13世纪。这场瘟疫是一种急性流行性皮肤病,其特征是出现疖子,最终在皮肤上形成溃疡。第六次埃及瘟疫包含了关于烟尘/灰尘对皮肤有害影响的第一份医学报告,并预示了如今众所周知的烟尘导致的空气污染对环境和人类健康的有害影响。