Plague

People in the 14th century’s understanding of the plague was inaccurate because their reasoning for how the plague originated from and how to cure themselves from the plague were wrong. In document A, it states that the plague originated from “the constellations which combated the rays of the sun that exerted their power especially against the sea and the waters of the ocean arose in the form of vapor. The waters were in some parts so corrupted that the fish died. Causing the vapor to spread…

There are plagues that can occur today, they go under the name of pneumonic, septicemic and bubonic. Pneumonic plague is contagious and spreads person to person, although the last time a person a caught the plague by another human was in 1924. The main area that is affected with this plague is the lungs. It is caused when the bacterium, yersinia pestis spreads around the lungs. The symptoms include; coughing, pains within your chest, having a fever, vomiting, nausea, feeling cold (chills),…

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…

The bubonic plague is one of the three plagues caused by a bacterium called Yersinia pestis. This plague was around in 1400–1500 Ce. People in that time called it the Black Death or the black plague. Ole j benedictow calculated that the bubonic plague killed 50 million people in Europe which is about 60% of Europe’s population and that is twice the population of Australia today. Where did the bubonic plague originated? The bubonic plague first emerged in China .this outbreak occurred in China…

The Bubonic Plague was one of the single most devastating events of the medieval era. The Plague, also called "Black Death" is suspected to have originated in China and the far east, coming to Europe during the late 1340 's and early 1350 's by way of shipping and trade routes. By the time the plague had abated, almost half of Europe 's population had been killed by this deadly disease. The results of the plague was extremely damaging not just to the population of Europe, but to the basis of…

The Black Plague was no ordinary plague, it killed more than 25 million people in 1347-1353 (Dobson)! The Black Plague was the worst plague in human history because it was in a highly populated area, was easily spread and and it was hard to treat. The Black Plague was the worst disease in human history. The Black Plague was nicknamed the black death because at its worst times many people described it as a black cloud of death that was not avoidable(Dobson). The black plague killed 30% of the…

Overall the book Plague and Fire by James C. Mohr captured my attention in the saddest of ways. From the in depth documentation of the fire that ravaged Chinatown and the devastation it left in its wake, to the tragic plague that killed the diverse people of Honolulu, my attention was focused on the amount of dead that was a result of this awful plague. Mohr outlined heavily the reactions of the people and how that negatively or even positively helped the fight against the silent killer. This…

on The Bubonic Plague Around 1339 in northeastern Europe, the food supply began to slowly run out. Winters were down to the negatives and the summers were in the one-hundreds. Due to this outrages weather, farms were starting to become vacant and crops weren’t growing. Famine broke out, and people started to go ballistic. Several years of this went on before what people called “The Black Death” came around killing millions. The Black Death was another name for the Bubonic Plague. The year…

Europe’s population between 1346 and 1353. Even though some argue that the Black Plague could have been a fortunate event because improved the survival rates of later generations, the plague is ultimately one of the biggest calamities the world has ever seen because it’s symptoms were terrible and gruesome, it caused people to abandon…

The Bubonic Plague was a disease carried by rodents. It was caused by bacteria named Yersinia pestis that was found in the intestines of the fleas on the rodents. The bacteria blocked the intestines of the fleas causing the fleas to starve which made the fleas want to feed often. The fleas would try to clear the blockage by vomiting. When the fleas vomited up the bacteria when they were feeding on someone, that bacteria would get into the bite and that person would become infected with the…