Pneumonic plague

The Sweating Sickness In the Medieval Times most people have heard of The Black Death, meanwhile medieval English went through an epidemic called the sweating sickness. The sweating sickness took thousands of lives. Even though the sweating sickness took more lives than the Black Death, it grew infamous because its victims who got it died within 24 hours by sweating to death. Scientists say there is antibiotics to cure the illness but don’t know how a person becomes about with it, modern…

common thing. However, in the present day scientific advances in medicine and science have aided those significantly in the combat against these diseases. To begin with, diseases like those of the Bubonic Plague and SARS originated from virus/bacteria, and only surfaced when exposed. The Bubonic Plague is caused by a bacterium identified as Yersinia pestis, or Y pestis. It was first discovered in the province of Yunnan in China during 1334. “…the bacterium Yersinia pestis began its long march…

In 1914 Australian men went out to sign up for war many not knowing what they were signing up for. The Australian troops had a tough life on the Western Front as they had to face horrid conditions not only fighting and risking lives for their country but living in places where you get bad trench conditions including trench foot and fever, have pests which bring diseases and steal your food, have health problems and not able to treat them as there isn’t much aid for everyone to be treated. The…

The Great Wall of Ancient China: Did the Benefits Outweigh the Costs? The Great Wall was originally built by the Xin and Han Dynasty to keep out the Mongolians. However, the benefits of the wall did not outweigh the costs. According to Document C, there was many casualties while building the wall. Peasants died by working in low temperatures with little food and soldiers died "from hunger, sickness, and extreme heat or cold." This shows that building the wall killed people, even though the…

The empanada is a food that holds a copious amount of significance throughout many different countries and cultures. Although, It’s impact seems to be the most poignant in Latin America. This dish originates from Spain but has since spread across the globe. All through Latin America, depending on location, the empanada takes different forms and is crafted with different ingredients, however, they always share the same rudimentary traits. Empanadas are a semi-circular hand patty that is made…

Egyptian scientists have come up with King Tut supposedly dying from Gangrene. The infection somehow infested his body through an open wound from a fractured left leg. Without the proper medical treatment through antibiotics, the rotting stage was nearly absolute. How the whole fracturing of the leg goes is the mystery. Massive trauma is believed to be what places him on his death bed. Many experts have come up with a possible chariot crash. Some experts believe Tut was on his knees when a…

Shigella Infection, Adult A shigella infection is an infection of the intestines that can cause diarrhea, abdominal pain, and other symptoms. The infection usually lasts 5 to 7 days. CAUSES This infection is caused by shigella bacteria. This bacteria can spread through a person's stool. You can get this infection by: Eating a food or drink a liquid that has the bacteria on it. Touching something that has the bacteria on it and putting your hand in your mouth. Swimming in water…

rebellions in the 1300s, like The Jacquerie in 1358 (Knox). The plague affected trade so badly that most were forced to beg or steal food and money (Museum of London). Harmful fruits like unripe plums, unripe almonds, fresh beans, and figs were forbidden from entering the cities/city (Usher). Public entertainments like football and theater plays were banned to stop the spreading of the disease (Museum of London). People were so scared of the plague that some threw sick servants or didn't help…

According to extensive research done careful historians, the bloodshed was very extensive. “Campbell may be referring to the martyrology of Samuel Clarke, written in 1651. Perhaps this figure of 68 million came from Brownlee or somewhere else, possibly the writings of Llorente or Clarks Martyrology, cited above. Such figures sometimes appear in recent books, such as Wilders, but in general, all the figures about the number killed by the Papacy go back many years and have reputable sources. It is…

Throughout the history, many lethal diseases ended civilizations such as the black death, which is believed to have killed as much as half of Europe in a span of only four years in the middle of the 14th century, from 1347 to 1351[1]. Unfortunately, at that time people did not have enough knowledge or technology to predict these lethal diseases or even treat them. Nowadays, due to the development in Biology, scientists are not only able to fight the current diseases, but also able to set…