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Peter Lewis Allen Biography

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Peter Lewis Allen, born in 1957, is an accomplished author whose works span across literature, history, and philosophy. Allen is known for his unique writing style and profound insights into complex themes.

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“Shortly after Christopher Columbus and his sailors returned from their voyage to the New World, a horrifying new disease began to make its way around the Old. The "pox," as it was often called, erupted with dramatic severity.”

World Way Disease Dramatic New World Voyages Sailor Columbus Severity Pox

Author:Peter Lewis Allen

“Even more than this, however, the sick - like lepers - were often reviled because people believed that they had brought their torments upon themselves.”

People Sick Torment Leper

Author:Peter Lewis Allen

“Perhaps more than any other disease before or since, syphilis in early modern Europe provoked the kind of widespread moral panic that AIDS revived when it struck America in the 1980s.”

Kind America Moral Modern Disease Europe Aids Panic Hiv Provoked Syphilis

Author:Peter Lewis Allen

“Medical research in the twentieth century mostly takes place in the lab; in the Renaissance, though, researchers went first and foremost to the library to see what the ancients had said.”

Firsts Said Century Research Library Medical Twentieth Century Renaissance Researchers Labs Medical Research

Author:Peter Lewis Allen

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Born: 1957
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Quotes: 4

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