Pandemic

Black Death, or The Plague is an important part of how our world is today. The Plague came from the east and reached the shores of Italy in 1348. The Plague was responsible for many things good and bad. Although it was terrible and frightening it did change some things for the better. It was meaningful because it has prepared the world for other epidemics and outbreaks, significantly reduced the population, and has resulted in large changes to society. (Eyewitness) The Plague was…

Smallpox, which was once the most feared disease known to mankind. This disease caused lives impossible to withstand through, all the suffering they went into before they died. It became known as an epidemic disease that ended up exterminating thousands of people. Smallpox started out in Hispaniola originated among African slaves in the silver mines of Haiti and Dominican Republic. Because of no cure, it traveled to the island of Puerto Rico, and then Cuba. It was only a matter of time until it…

While reading “The Art World Expands” I began noticing a trend of how the art that was being created reflected what was going on in real world or society. These pieces interpreted what was going on around the artist and how they responded to that certain situation or problem. This is mostly notable in recent decades, particularly the 80s where there numerous changes were starting to happen around the world. For instance, improvement in technology like; fax machine, laptop computers, and first…

The deadly disease known as The Black Death killed about 1-3 of Europe`s population. It helped start modern medicine. It changed the way Europe worked. The Black Death is considered one of the deadliest diseases in the history of mankind. The Black Death was a terrible disease that killed between 25 to 50 percent of Europe`s population. It came to Europe because they traded with the east. There were 3 different types of it. The most common of them was called the Bubonic Plague. It`s…

During the end of 1347 Italy experienced the beginning of the most lethal outbreak of disease to ever enter its land. This disease is known as the Black Death. It is believed that the Black Death was brought on by an animal epidemic. In the Middle Ages people believed that it was rats that were the ones infecting the people, when in fact they were just helping transport the real culprit from place to place. It was the flea that carried this terrible disease from Asia. Rats were often found on…

Carlos Finlay and the Yellow Fever On October 11, 1793, the death toll from the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia had reached 100. By the time this epidemic ended, 5,000 people (9% of the total population in the United States at the time) were dead (Frierson 2010). Due to an unknown cause of illness, in addition to the rapid onset of the disease, yellow fever would be regarded as one of the most devastating diseases at the time. We now know that yellow fever is a serious disease caused by an…

The Unknown It all started the day a dusty 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…

In the mid fourteenth century the first wave of the bubonic plague broke out, but it didn’t stop there. Outbreaks throughout Europe continued well through the eighteenth century. Many people fled, trying to escape the death that lingered everywhere they looked. The plague spread fear, as well as sickness; caused people to turn to the church; and develop different theories as to why the disease plagued them. Because of the plague, fear was spread throughout Europe, in turn causing people to…

A deadly plague started from Central Asia to Europe and struck the continent. Black death originated from steppes of Central Asia. Brought by the travelers through trade routes. Plague terrorized Europe and part of Asia in the timeline 1300 s - 1700 s.In some part of England the death was 50 % and some part of France suffered 90% of their populations. Plague caused by bacterium Yersinia pestis. When it enters to fleas body,it lives in digestive system and multiply in flea. when flea bite to…

Seldom fatal today, Scarlet Fever was one of the worst child killers in history. What starts out as an uncomfortable sore throat for a child, it can manifest in to a potentially fatal fever. Scarlet fever became one of the most common infectious childhood disease to cause death in most of the major urban centers of Europe and the United States, “with case fatality rates that reached or exceeded 30% in some areas–eclipsing even measles, (al, 2013)diptheria, and pertussis. The deadliest point in…