Pneumonic plague

influence any other part of the world, stability was put to a halt as millions fell to the most fatal disease recorded in European history, the Black Death, or Bubonic Plague. Beginning in the Late Middle Ages around 1340, Europeans were unable to escape the grip of death as the Black Death was transmitted in three different forms: pneumonic, septicemic, and bubonic. Europeans affected by the Black Death usually only lived for two days after contact. The Black Death was so devastating to…

from 1347 to the early 1400s Though the plague faded away from Europe it still exists to this day and doctors and specialists have not found any cure for the plague. The plague was brought into Europe after merchants returned home from international lands which brought infected Asian rats with fleas to Europe. Historians believe that the black death killed 30%-60% of…

The Black Plague: Rough draft The Black Plague, commonly known as the Black Death was a disease that caused extensive damage to Europe during the years of 1346 through 1353. The disease is believed to derive from a bacterium frequently found in populations of fleas that are carried around by a variety of different rodents. The death toll of this unfortunate disease would build all the way up to 20 million people, which turned out to be one third of Europe’s population. The black plague had…

Bioterrorism is terrorism involving the release of toxic biological agents. Common biological weapons are anthrax, botulism, plague, and smallpox. The plague has been one of the most devastating epidemics to mankind, second only to smallpox. Humans can become infected after being bitten by fleas that have fed on infected rodents. The plague develops rapidly and carries a high fatality rate despite immediate treatment and antibiotics. It has been used on various occasions because it’s difficult…

“The Plague is an infectious, epidemic disease caused by a bacterium, Yersinia pestis, characterized by fever, chills, and prostration, transmitted to humans from rats by means of the bites of fleas” ("The Definition of Plague"). The Plague, which today is a disease barely heard of, was at one point in history an epidemic that killed almost one-third of Europe’s population, had unique symptoms, and spread very quickly. Today, people hear about receiving a cold or the flu. Usually these are…

Human History, John Aberth talks about how the plague broke out in Manchuria. He also talks about how the governmental response. According to Aberth the Pneumonic Plague broke out in Manchuria during the winters of 1910-11 and 1920-1921. The epidemic killed off as many as 60,000 people during its first go round throughout Manchuria and North China. The outbreaks in Manchuria had such high mortality rates because the pneumonic plague unlike the bubonic plague moves from human to human…

history’, killing a third of Europe’s population. In the 14th century the plague hit Asia and Europe, lasting from 1346 till 1352. The Black Death was an epidemic plague in the 1300’s, which spread rapidly throughout Asia and Europe. The causes of the Black Death weren’t just animals and fleas, humans played a great part in the spreading of the plague throughout Europe. Many symptoms were shown at early stages of the plague such as headaches, fever, vomiting, shock and fatigue. Some of the…

The Bubonic Plague was a deadly disease that killed at least twenty-five million people and devastated Europe from the 1300’s to the early 1700’s. The Bubonic Plague is also known as the Black Plague and the Black Death. The Bubonic Plague is a disease that was very deadly. Many religious people thought the disease was an act of God. They thought that God was punishing them for the sins they have committed in life. Others thought it was an act of witches and Jews. This disease lasted for over…

smells could force out the plague. Therefore, treatments for the disease included applying feces and urine, and other substances that were much more likely to spread disease than to cure it. • Y. Pestis utilized the flea by blocking its digestive tract. The flea tries constantly to feed, but the blockage causes it to vomit bacilli into its host. When the host perishes, the flea and its offspring pursue a fresh host, infesting…

destructive plague. Once the Black Death entered Europe it quickly spread to most European countries. No one who caught the disease survived, even though, now a days the Black Death has a 11% mortality rate in the United States when untreated, and is highly contagious. In fact most Europeans didn't view it as a…