Leavesley J H
Aust Fam Physician. 1979 Sep;8(9):1005-9.
An outline is presented of the various pan-epidemics of a disease which has been in the past one of mankind's greatest scourges--the plague. Its pathogenesis, spread and effect on the course of history from biblical times until the seventeenth century is traced with a detailed review of the origins of the Black Death. The opinion is forwarded that plague has had a greater impact on the course of human history than any war or any other single disease.
本文概述了一种曾是人类最大灾难之一的疾病——鼠疫的历次大流行。追溯了其发病机制、传播以及从圣经时代到17世纪对历史进程的影响，并详细回顾了黑死病的起源。文中提出的观点是，鼠疫对人类历史进程的影响比任何战争或其他单一疾病都要大。
