579
and 54, but in the low 30s for the poor.
25
There are over 4600 species of cockroaches, each female producing at least 800 offspring, all of whom transmit a
wealth of zoonoses (they carry at least 30 potentially deadly bacterial species) and
have, for some 350 million years, developed sophisticated “quorums” (“collective
25 See “Lifespans of the European Elite, 800–1800,” by Neil Cummins, The Journal of Economic
History, Volume 77, Issue 2, June 2017, pp. 406–439, Cambridge Core, OI: https://doi.org/10.1017/
S0022050717000468,
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-economic-history/
article/lifespans-of-the-european-elite-8001800/BE252C4B25C4AAC29ED62D591A1675AC/corereader?source=post_page%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D
%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D-#.
Fig. 60.6 Killing of bulls, illustration by Wenceslas Hollar of Virgil’s “Georgics III,” From The
Works of Virgil, Translated by John Dryden, Second Edition, Printer Jacob Tonson, London, 1698.
(Private Collection). (Photo © M.C. Tobias)
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and 54, but in the low 30s for the poor.
25
There are over 4600 species of cockroaches, each female producing at least 800 offspring, all of whom transmit a
wealth of zoonoses (they carry at least 30 potentially deadly bacterial species) and
have, for some 350 million years, developed sophisticated “quorums” (“collective
25 See “Lifespans of the European Elite, 800–1800,” by Neil Cummins, The Journal of Economic
History, Volume 77, Issue 2, June 2017, pp. 406–439, Cambridge Core, OI: https://doi.org/10.1017/
S0022050717000468,
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-economic-history/
article/lifespans-of-the-european-elite-8001800/BE252C4B25C4AAC29ED62D591A1675AC/corereader?source=post_page%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D
%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D-#.
Fig. 60.6 Killing of bulls, illustration by Wenceslas Hollar of Virgil’s “Georgics III,” From The
Works of Virgil, Translated by John Dryden, Second Edition, Printer Jacob Tonson, London, 1698.
(Private Collection). (Photo © M.C. Tobias)
60.3 Ethics and Epidemiology