Bubonic plague

The Black Plague One epidemic that changed history; it goes by many names, such as the Black Plague, the Red Death, and the Bubonic Plague. People back in the late 1300’s and early 1400’s didn’t know what caused this deadly disease, but today scientists know everything about it. This includes the cause of the disease and the effect that it had on the people after it was over. The Black Plague swept through the Western world from 1347-1351, coming in waves many more times after that. It was the…

There were 3 different types of it. The most common of them was called the Bubonic Plague. It`s symptoms range from swelling that form around the neck, groin and armpit. They would call them Tumors and they could be as big as an apple or as small as an egg. These symptoms usually were a sign that the victim would die in about a week. Very few lived. This Bubonic Plague…

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…

Williamson and Jacobson vs. Massachusetts. Both are similar in the concept of preventive care and how two individuals responded to that preventive care. In Jew Ho vs. Williamson, Jew Ho’s shop was placed in a quarantine district due to the fear of the bubonic plague. In Jacobson vs. Massachusetts, Jacobson refused to be vaccinated and argued that he should not be charged the penalty fine. Both cases are different, but they focus on how the concerns of the public’s health are displayed and…

the flea thus inhibiting it from swallowing the blood it sucked out of the rat. Then, when a flea bit a human, it would deposit the blood from the rat infected with the bacteria into the human’s blood stream. The first victim or patient zero of the plague was thus infected. In 1347, the fast-expanding Mongolian empire sought the acquisition of the strategic town of Caffa, which was a…

destruction of the Black Death, also known as the plague, many theories arose for what the cause and reason behind this devastating disease were. The final verdict was that the Black Death was a natural occurrence of disease that was spread through animals. While discussing this more accurate verdict and also discussing the previous verdicts from the time of right after the Black Death had dissipated. The underlying causes and aftermath of this plague has killed over tens of thousands of people,…

issues during the late Middle Ages. During the mid-fourteenth century, the Black Death began tainting Asia, followed by north Africa and Europe, which, in turn, emerged the bubonic plague. The spreading of the sickness was due to flea infested rats who were host to the deadly bacterium, Yersinia pestis. In Europe, the bubonic plague killed 50 to 60 percent of its victims and caused economical, social, political and cultural upheaval (Spielvogel,…

Christians tortured Jews until they confessed to the poisonings. These charges led to the murder of thousands of Jew across Europe (319). Another interesting theory looked toward the celestial bodies claiming a conjunction of planets caused the plague by causing earthquakes to release poisonous gases into the air. The conjunctions of the constellations brought on thunder, rain and wet south winds that dispersed the poisonous vapors caused by carcasses rotting in swamps. When the poisoned air…

world’s worst epidemics in human history struck Europe, the great plague that caused enough pestilence and death that claimed roughly half of Europe’s population was called the Black Death. Until recently, the Black Death has been widely believed to be a large outbreak of the bubonic plague as some historians challenge this original view. The origins of the black death is still unclear as there are many viewpoints of this plague such as: some believe that the Black Death originated in China or…

In the history of the world, many diseases surface among of the many such as the plague knows as Black Death. The tragic and exceptional experience of the Fourteenth Century showed a sharp population decline, bitter internal conflicts in economic area, and the exasperation of social struggles. This paper is to explore the Black Death phenomena, how this disease came about, the consequences, and the impacts that affected the society in the Fourteenth Century. The Black Death was endemic in…