1, the plague of Athens:
From 430 BC to 427 BC, there was a great plague in Athens, nearly half of the population died and the whole Athens was almost destroyed.
Some experts believe that this epidemic is a plague. Symptoms include high fever, thirst, congestion of throat and tongue, swelling of skin, etc.
When the plague occurred, during the Second Peloponnesian War, the Athenians invested a lot of manpower and material resources in military operations, and did not seriously prevent and control the spread of the disease, which led to the tragedy.
2. Jian 'an Great Plague:
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, from the ninth year of Jian 'an to the twenty-fourth year of Jian 'an, the epidemic disaster in the Central Plains was fierce.
Zhang Zhongjing in the Eastern Han Dynasty said in Treatise on Febrile Diseases that "there are more than 200 Yu families, less than ten years after Jian 'an, two thirds of them died, and typhoid fever ranks seventh". Especially in the twenty-two years of Jian 'an (2 17), there were many dead people. Cao Pi, Wei Wendi, recalled: "In the past years, diseases and epidemics affected relatives and friends." He also said: "There are many plagues, and scholars wither." At that time, in the Central Plains, "every family has the pain of burying a corpse, crying in the room, or closing the door and dying, or the family is broken."
Plague has long been recorded in China historical materials.
For example, "Zhou Li Tianguan Notes" records: "People's diseases are raised by diseases, and they are always sick." "Lu Chunqiu Ji Chun Ji" records: "Ji Chun is prosperous in Xia Zhishi, and the people are ill." It shows that the knowledge of plague has reached a certain level at that time, and it is believed that plague can occur all year round. One of the reasons is that the seasonal qi is abnormal, which is caused by "untimely qi"
The earliest extant ancient Chinese medicine book Huangdi Neijing is also recorded. For example, "Su Wen Acupuncture Theory" pointed out: "When the five epidemics arrive, regardless of size, they are susceptible to infection and have similar symptoms. Righteousness exists inside, and evil can't be done, avoiding its poison gas. "
Su Wen's Instinctive Disease: "Jueyin does not abdicate, that is, the wind rises early, the rain does not fall, the wet order does not melt, and the people are ill, so we should abandon it. The wind is born, and the diseases of the people are all limb pain, headache, excessive internal heat and dry throat. " It is pointed out that epidemic febrile diseases are contagious and have similar clinical manifestations, which are related to the climate. It is believed that as long as "healthy qi exists inside", it can "avoid its toxic gas".