Article ID: CBB688058877

When Early Modern Europe Caught the Flu. A Scientific Account of Pandemic Influenza in Sixteenth Century Sicily (2018)

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The year 1510 marked the first recognition of pandemic influenza. The disease arrived in Sicily along trade routes from Africa and spread along the Mediterranean coasts. When a new epidemic swept over Europe in 1557, afflicting Sicily, the physician Giovan Filippo Ingrassia pursued a new approach to pandemic control. Since an influenza pandemic was a public health emergency, he conceived pandemic planning as a collaborative process between healthcare officials and the Government. He also highlighted the importance of strengthening influenza surveillance as a means for the early detection of an emerging pandemic. While the Sicilian Government had to provide for the community in terms of prevention, treatment was a physicians’ responsibility. On September 18th, 1558, Ingrassia held a public lecture introducing an innovative position as regards epidemiology and public medicine: territorial control was the answer to the chaos caused by epidemics.

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Authors & Contributors
Lina Scalisi
Ingaliso, Luigi
Fernando Rosa
Cerchiai Manodori Sagredo, Claudia
Geddes da Filicaia, Marco
Tina Travagliante
Concepts
Public health
Epidemics
Medicine and society
Medicine
Disease and diseases
Medicine and politics
Time Periods
19th century
Early modern
20th century, early
Renaissance
Ancient
21st century
Places
Sicily
Italy
Europe
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Toronto (Ontario)
Bahia (Brazil)
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