Plague

The Black Plague, also known as the Black Death, was declared as the “Greatest Catastrophe ever” (Benedictow). This disease swept over all of Europe and wiped out about one third of the population. This disease and its affects have been one of the biggest in history. The plague spread rapidly as it could be transmitted from person to person. The disease forever changed Europe’s history and population. The Black Death had huge effects on Europe based on how it spread, what the disease entailed,…

handprint appeared on the outer side of the glass dome; the day we knew we weren't the last ones still alive. About 20 years ago a new plague hit North America called Vistalis, it spread around through mosquitos. Pretty soon there were 100s of people dying from the plague. What the scientists didn’t know, was that the moment that one person got the plague, the plague would spread through the air. Vistalis soon spread all over the world, in less than 7 years 4,675,984 people had died, and 12…

to Father Rowen, God is punishing us for our sins. As King Magnus of Sweden explained, "God for the sins of men has struck the world with this great punishment of sudden death. By it, most of our country men are dead". According to Dr Mark, the plague has come from a ship where the entire crew was either dead, ill or overcome with fever and unable to eat food. From there he says it may have been spread either through fleas or infected rats. Researchers of the [University of Oslo say that it is…

The Black Plague was a very dangerous plague that started in Europe in the early 1300’s. It took out nearly a third of all the European population during the first wave and more followed that. This plague started thanks to the Y. Pestis bug in China and from there, it just rapidly began to spread across Europe. Of course, we now know a lot of information about this today, but in the early 1300’s people didn’t really understand what was going on. The Europeans began to try to figure out the…

There are many thoughts on how the Bubonic Plague was spread. The bubonic plague, also known as the Black Death, occurred during the fourteenth century. The bubonic plague originated in China in 1334 and made its way to Britain by 1348. The bubonic plague was an infection of the lymph nodes in the whole body of the person who was sick. At the time of the plague, no one knew what it was or how it was being spread. “Patients develop sudden onset of fever, headache, chills, and weakness and one or…

There are three types of common bubonic plague. Classic bubonic plague is transmitted through the bite of an infected flea or rodent. Flea bites are the most common mode of infection. There is a block in the flea’s gut which prevents it from fully digesting and metabolizing its food source. The flea is starving and full at the same time and as it sucks the blood from its victim it is also regurgitating contaminated blood back up and into the dermis of the victim. The bacteria is then drained…

The bubonic plague is a disease that killed millions of Europeans in the 1300’s. There have been other outbreaks of the bubonic plague, but the European outbreak seems to be the most devastating and talked about. Most people probably don’t know the details on this disease, and it’s highly likely that today’s citizens do not worry about catching the bubonic plague. But, is a rapid plague outbreak something that people of today should worry about in the near future? I find this topic interesting…

Why is The Plague SO Good at Killing? There are some factors about the Yersinia pestis that make it an infecting machine. Y. pestis creates two anti-phagocytic antigens, F1 antigen and VW antigen. An anti-phagocytic antigen is defined as, a substance in the immune system’s cells that eats harmful pathogens. Both the F1 and the VW antigen are necessary for the bacteria to grow, as is the temperature, 37degrees Celsius. It is because of this need for a certain temperature, lower than which fleas…

has actually never fully died out. In the article, it says the plague is not extinct. In 2004, there were a dozen cases of the bubonic plague in the United States. I don't know if this is true, but if it is, I find it very interesting that a plague was still in our lives in 2004. "Apocalypse Then: A History of Plague." N.p.: n.p., 2009. eLibrary. Web. 16 Dec. 2015. This article taught me that the bubonic plague ended from scientists doing all the research needed…

The Black Death, it was a plague that occurred in the middle ages that killed almost 60 percent of the population in Medieval Europe. The Black Death was spread by fleas and rats from merchant ships, that came to Europe for trade. There were many forms of the plague, two main forms are the bubonic plague and the septicemic plague. The bubonic plague was very serious, the symptoms include of Chills, headache, fever, weakness, very painful / enlarged lymph nodes, and large painful boils. The…