Great Diseases Of The World- Black Plague

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Variolation was first brought to Europe's attention by:

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Lady Mary Wortly Montagu
Dr. Emmanuel Timoni

Front 2

Variolation describes the procedure by which, the scab or pus from the scar of a patient infected with small pox is used to inoculate a healthy person for protection.

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True

Front 3

The lower incidence of death during the outbreak of the plague in San Francisco may be attributed the type of the flea that spread the disease among the victims

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True

Front 4

The 'Royal Experiment' was about testing variolation on some British prisoners, due to be hanged, at Newgate prison in exchange for their freedom.

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True

Front 5

In which city the causative bacillus of the plague was discovered?

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The city of Hong Kong

Front 6

The earliest records of a pandemic plague is the:

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The Justinian plague

Front 7

The variolation techniques used by the Asians and Africans differed from that of the European because the Africans and Asians used monkey pox virus while the European used cowpox virus

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False

Front 8

The "Pox" family of viruses are known to to infect a wide variety of animal species. The individual strains of these viruses are named after the species whom they infect, e.g., cow pox, horse pox, chicken pox, etc...

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False

Front 9

The third plague pandemic took place in the

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Yunnan province in China

Front 10

The lessons learned from the latest break of plague in Surat (India) regarding prevention of wide spread of plague are:

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Control the fleas, then the rats while treating the victims of the plague.