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 Ancient Egypt: Tuberculosis,
Polio and Smallpox |
| Fossil
records and mummified human remains reflect the prevalence of
tuberculosis and other diseases caused by microbes in ancient
times. Our earliest record of a viral disease is polio. This
hieroglyph, dating to about 1500 BC, shows the withered leg of
a victim of polio. The mummified remains of the pharaoh Rameses
V around 1150 BC show the pockmarked face characteristic of smallpox. |
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