Plague

this infection called you may ask…. It’s called plague. Plague is a bacteria infection that is found in rodents fleas. There are many different types of rodents that could carry this infection like mice, chipmunks, and squirrels. But the most common carrier of plague is a rat. The rat has many different fleas that carry the bacteria. When a flea land on you (that is infected with plague) and bits you, the bacteria infection gets into your body. Plague is caused by the bacteria Yersinia Pestis…

on The Black Death were completely different. The Christian’s saw the plague as punishment, while Muslims saw it as a blessing from God. Although their responses were completely different, they both believed that the plague was from God. Christian’s during the Black Death didn’t only blame God for the plague, they also accused the Jews of poisoning their wells. So, the christian’s burned them to death as the cause of the plague. They stayed indoors and covered windows to stop the disease from…

The Plague: Reading Log #1 1.) The plague begins in the Algerian port town of Oran in the 1940’s. Due to unknown reason, all the rats in town begin dying in a horrific manner. The town doctor, Bernard Rieux becomes concerned because of the manner the rats are dying. Soon the rats stop dying and the citizens become ill. It became evident that the Bubonic plague has hit the town. As people began to die, Rieux and other doctors beg authorities to take preventive action which results in a quarantine…

including, the Black Death, the bubonic plague, and pneumonic plague. This plague was the killer of over a third of the population of Europe, and was unstoppable in nature. It didn’t matter how you tried to safeguard yourself from it, it found you. In the face of such a seemingly guaranteed death, mankind stooped a very low existance, where most men only wanted what was best for themselves and didn’t care for anybody else, including family. Many thought that the plague was deserved, which…

By January 1348, the plague was in Marseilles. It reached Paris in the spring, 1348 and England in September, 1348. Moving along the Rhine trade routes, the plague reached Germany in 1348, and the Low Countries the same year. Historians agree that 1348 was the worst of the plague years. In May, 1349, an English wool ship brought the plague to Norway. The Great Mortality then made its way to Greenland and after killing a large proportion of the population there encountered the towering ice…

I. A, a thin, sickly 28 year old man, has been checked in a plague hospital for the past 6 months. Recalls the new plague-like sickness that hit 2 years ago, how it took out millions of people, and caused the world to change. People spread out and cities became much smaller. Mentions how he was a filmmaker, who made documentaries about various groups of people, where he learned a lot. He meets another sick person, an old man who seems senile and claims to be extremely wealthy. He tells lavish,…

Starvation became a serious problem in Europe in the 14th century because of the black plague. The black plague 's effect reached terms to where all of the merchants refused to sell food in fear of the disease 's transmission. Also, due to the overwhelming precedence of its spread, the wiped out populations which had reached almost 50% left crops unattended. Unfortunately, as well, were heavy rains which had ruined the crops which were already growing in its over-exhausted land. With running out…

food you eat, and the drinks you share. The freshman plague is among us. Walk into any class across campus and you will hear an echo of coughs and sneezes, the signs that the plague has hit us hard. I am sad to report that I too have been affected by the plague. Two weeks ago I woke up with a sore throat and by the end of the day I felt as though I had been hit by a bus. By last Saturday I thought that I had finally recovered from the plague, but due to the fact that I spent 4 hours outside in…

A severely deadly disease commonly known as, “The Black Death”, was the plague that was caused by “bad bacteria”, from fleas transmitted to people that caused the death of the young, old, and sick wiping out a significant amount of people ranging from 25% to 50% of the population just in Western Europe alone. Other places affected were Eastern Europe and other remote places, this all had occured in 1347- 1351. Since the black death was very common it commonly also affected the people surrounding…

but what people do not know is that more good actually came out of it. Many people think about the plague was an epidemic that swept most of Europe. As casualties counts were high so were ideas. The plague introduced brand new medical, technology, and geographical advancements to the mid 1300s and they also bettered the future. Even with these horrific things happening good came out of the plague as well. Since many people were dying so doctors were trying really hard to understand the disease.…