Plagues of Egypt

The plague holds a unique place in history and has a tremendous influence on the development of modern civilizations. Scholars even speculated that the Roman Empire may have fallen since soldiers returning from the battle of the Persian Gulf were carriers of the plague. For quite some time, the plague has been a symbol of disaster for people living in Asia, Africa, and Europe. Not only that but since the cause of it is unknown, outbreaks contributed to massive panics where every it appeared.…

In B. Tuchmans “The Plague” she documents a very historical event a disaster possibly still the worst of them all till this very day, The Bubonic Plague. What exactly is the bubonic plague? The bubonic or as some know it black death is a bacterial Infection transmitted by fleas from infected rodents. Some the symptoms are high fever,, weakness and formation of buboes in the groins and armpits. This deadly disease started during the 18th century. The Bubonic hasn’t infected anyone today but we…

about the Black Plague disease. One group of scholars, represented by the lecturer, believe that the disease origin and transmission is different from what is discussed in the reading passage. The first area of dispute is the origin of the black plague. It has been aimed that the origin of this plague was from Asia and North Africa especially that the last one is still having out breaks until today. According to the professor, an archaeologist was studying insects in the ancient of Egypt and…

The Athenian golden Age was brought about by the defeat of the Persian army. This defeat brought about significant overall advances that would shape the world as we see it today. This includes advancements in government, literature, drama, philosophy, and the arts. The beginning of the end of this golden age started in 431 BC and lasted for 27 years. Known as the Peloponnesian war, a war between Sparta and its allies and Athens would tear apart the union between the two city-states it once had…

The plague epidemics of the 6th, 14th, and 17th century are commonly known as Justinian’s Plague, the Black Death, and the Plague of 1665, respectively. Yersinia pestis was the major source of the plague in all three epidemics. Modern DNA analysis studies showed that Y. pestis has a strong correlation with victims of the Black Death in the 14th century. However, although these modern studies show biologically that Yersinia pestis was the cause of the Black Death, many scientists are skeptical…

Bhopal India 1984 On the night of the 2nd of December 1984 tragedy struck in Bhopal, India killing an estimated 20,000 people. It began with a pesticide plant by Union Carbide. Union Carbide had diversified into India via Union Carbide India Limited. They had suspected that India was an enormous market that was yet to be tapped into and discovered. At the time UCC was one of the first companies to invest into India (Union Carbide Corporations). The plan was to sell their pesticide “Sevin” to…

YSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS (SLE) SLE stand for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. The Latin word for lupus means “wolf” while Erythematosus means “red rashes”. Red rashes on a patient’s face that looked like wolf bites was discovered by Dr. Cazenave in 1851 and he named it Discoid Lupus Erythematosus (DLE) which only involved the skin. In 1885, Sir William Osler recognized that many people with lupus had a disease involving not only skin but many other organs or systems, so he named the disease…

The plague was always a medieval disease in my mind. I never saw it as anything more than a horror story in history. However, after reading Plague and Fire a book written by James C. Mohr, I learned a lot. The book showed me that my way of thinking was wrong and that there is much more to learn about the plague. Mohr used his book to tell an informative story about something most people have forgotten about. The book focused on the third outbreak of the plague. It happened just over one…

different contrivances and philosophies to combat the plague-a physical manifestation of the Absurd. Dr. Bernard Rieux combats the plague by saving the lives of others. Tarrou combats the plague by searching for a path to his self-proclaimed sainthood. Father Paneloux combats the plague by accepting it as an ultimate test of faith given to the townspeople by providence. By depicting the plight of different characters in combatting the plague, Camus defines the Absurd as an inevitable reality of…

succumb to the wrath of the plague, they realize for the first time that their lives are indifferent to the world and that death may be around the corner. In Albert Camus’s The Plague, each character develops a different way of thinking that helps them to rationalize the plague. Rieux uses what he knows as a doctor as motivation to help the people suffering around him, while Father Paneloux uses his religion as a way to motivate others to turn to God in hopes of removing the plague from Oran.…