Norbert Gualde

Norbert Gualde, born in 1943, is a doctor who was professor of medicine at the University of Bordeaux.

He was interested in the history of major epidemics and in the "Immunity of Humanity", that is to say, the immunity of populations, concerning major epidemics, including smallpox, plague, cholera, influenza, etc. His investigations of epidemics include not only biological and medical approaches but also demographic, historical, sociological, economic, and human behavior.

He has written professional books on immunology, essays addressing the immunity of populations, including one particularly devoted to the role of women in human resistance to epidemics. Finally, he wrote fictions on AIDS, oncology and, Black Foot of Minorcan origin, in the history of Algeria.