"An Encyclopedia of Fairies: Hobgoblins, Brownies, Bogies, and Other Supernatural Creatures." New York: Pantheon Books. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Paleopathology. Around four hundred B.C.E., the Athenian physician Hippocrates catalogued the diseases of his world. Briggs, Katharine Mary. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. The plague contributed to Athens' eventual loss to Sparta within the Peloponnesian War and an extended hiatus for democracy in world historical past. Anne Grauer, anthropologist at Loyola University Chicago and president of the Paleopathology Association, throughout a private interview. Cholera was on the list. From 430 to 426 B.C.E., hospital 8 hour shifts an ideal plague swept via town-state of Athens. Diseases like cholera and typhoid thrived in dense populations and have been spread through contaminated water sources, while leprosy's dormancy allowed it to spread unnoticed for years.