Pneumonic plague

Jennifer Liu Ms. Toerien IB English HL August 16, 2015 1) Write a summary of the main events of the play. Oepidus was aware that a curse was placed on Thebes. The city was blighted by disease and countless of citizens were dying. The curse would only be lifted when the murderer of the former king, Laius, was punished. Oepidus sent Creon, his brother-in-law, to ask for advice from the god Apollo through an oracle. Oepidus started to look for answers to Laius’ murder. Numerous ways were used,…

Analise Tenney Problem Set #1 PHP 405- Dr. Caffrey October 14, 2015 Chapter 15- All in Good Haste In 1993, news spread among the entire Navajo Nation of three strong young members of the community who unexpectedly died after suffering from acute respiratory distress syndrome, or ARDS. Upon discovery that these deaths were interrelated through family, the state’s medical examiner alerted the forensic pathologist of the possibility of a communicable disease problem. The New Mexico Department of…

through extensive research I have come to a conclusion to believe that The Black Death is what began the process of replacing the Dark Ages with the Renaissance. Dictionary.com defines the Black Death as to being “a widespread epidemic of bubonic plague that occurred in several outbreaks between 1347 and 1400.” It is not only an epidemic but also a pandemic due to its outspread across Asia and Europe. It began in Asia traveling west to Europe killing…

Before Europe was struck by the Black Plague, the majority of European countries were run using two systems, one political and one economic, referred to as the feudal system and the manorial system respectively. Under these systems, nobles built castles to serve as defenses and gave pieces of land called fiefs to knights as a form of payment for their services and protection, as the rich were in desperate need of warriors to defend them after a series of invasions left them unable to depend on…

age, mainly because of the Bubonic Plague, the Crusades, and their Government. The main reason Europe was in a dark age was because of the Bubonic Plague. The Bubonic Plague was detrimental to Europe, because many people suffered from death and depression. If the plague doctor came to your house it meant that you had the plague. They would check if you had the purple/black boils and if you were throwing up blood. They would also try several methods to heal the plague such as blood leaking.…

In paragraph one I gave some details, back information, and examples of some environmental accidents that was mentioned, but another environmental accident that wasn’t mentioned was the Africanized bee. Africanized bees can be very harmful and dangerous at the same time because it can have a tremendous effect on human life very badly. It can cause harm to animals, and it can be fatal to human as well. An Africanized bee is also known as “the Killer Bee” It was founded in Brazil in the 1950s. The…

How did the black death altar europe? The Black Death was a terrifying diease that spread through not only Europe but across China and Africa too, killing a vast amount of people during the middle ages era. The Black Death started in China and Africa which later on arrived on the shores of Europe by sailors returning from the Black Sea. The boats also carried infected rats which lead on the spread of the diease. The Black Death lasted in Europe from 1347-1350 but it didn't stop there,…

The Bubonic Plague The Bubonic Plague began in the fall of 1347 when seamen arrived in Sicily. The disease came from rats to humans by parasite fleas. In a society where hygiene is an unknown word, the disease spreads. The initial symptoms are high temperatures,aching limbs, and lymph node swellings or ‘buboes.’ The plague attacks the lungs with effects similar to those of pneumonia, and the disease is invariably fatal. Other symptoms include internal bleeding,boils,and fever. The victim feels…

Bubonic Plague Still Kills Thousands Summary and Analysis The Bubonic Plague was once a disease that killed half of Europe population. Although it has been a long time since the disease affected Europe, researchers say that the disease is still in parts of the world. In Congo more than 10,000 people have gotten the disease throughout the last decade. Cases of the Bubonic Plague are slowly coming into the westward United States. The bacteria yersinia pestis started the Bubonic Plague and…

The Blame Game: An analysis of the 2015 Indonesian Wildfires and the 2009 Australian “Black Saturday Bushfires” The Indonesian wildfires of 2015 and the Australian black Saturday bushfires of 2009 are both major disasters that caused severe damages and many casualties, but with different controversies surrounding them. The many lives lost in Victoria Australia brought a major discussion about hazard response, vulnerability and human rights on the agenda. In Indonesia the controversies around…