Pneumonic plague

Throughout the human history of construction, the fire has been considered as one of the greatest enemies of buildings. Before the 20th century, fires were a significant hazard to urban areas and the cause of massive amounts of damage to cities, such as the Great Savannah Fire in 1820, destroyed almost 500 structures, with loss of about $ 4 million, and Hamburg Fire in 1842, resulted in destruction of nearly a quarter of the inner city, caused 51 deaths, and an estimated 20, 000 homeless. After…

Philadelphia is a place of prosper and growth. A figurehead for American expansion and home of the famous Liberty Bell. However, in 1793 it was an incredibly different story, the city was wrought with sickness. Molly Caldwell’s book An American Plague: The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, the Disease that Shaped Our History highlights that devastating time in which Yellow Fever reigned over women, men, and children alike. A truly morbid and dark time in American history. The majority of the…

Apothecaries, people who sold and distributed medicine, were prime factors of the Elizabethan Era, as well as the Four Humors. Even though many people could have thought the Apothecaries were made up ideations of legitimate doctors, they played one of the greatest roles in the medical fields during the Elizabethan Era, because their practices are still relevant, they discovered herbal cures and chemical breakthroughs that helped save lives, and paved the way for pharmacies centuries later,…

SLAND OF THE DRAGON'S BLOOD There are few places left on earth so remote and untouched by time. Socotra is one of the world’s last truly wild places with a uniquely diverse and enchanting landscape of surreal beauty. Rich in mythical history, Herodotus wrote of the immortal phoenix that came to this island to be reborn in a nest of cinnabar and incense every 1,000 years. Frankincense that burned in the temples of ancient Greece and Egypt was harvested from this island. Glimpsing the dragon’s…

Oregon Trail Traveling the Oregon Trail in the 1800s was a dangerous journey.However,the danger wasn't from Native Americans as you might think.As a matter of fact,many records show that Native Americans helped,many of the travelers along the way.The real danger was from a disease called cholera that killed many shettlers.Other dangers included bad weather and accidents while trying to move their heavy wagons over the mountains. The pioneers were able to bring very little with them.When they…

blood into the wound. Bubonic Plague gave victims high fevers, chills, muscle aches, and extreme fatigue (Boccaccio). Swollen lymph nodes, called “buboes” or “gavocciolos”, signaled infection and imminent death and within hours, they would blacken and burst, dripping pus and blood. Another common form of Plague was septicemic. Beginning with nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain, gradual blood infection created a 100% mortality rate (“Diseases and Conditions: Plague”). The final form was…

Medieval Torture Medieval torture was one of the most inhumane things that has taken place in the history of the world. When thinking back to the medieval time period, there are several things that one should consider about medieval torture: the time period and innocent victims, the torture chambers and accused crimes, as well as the types of torture. "The medieval time period endured from the 400s to the 1300s or maybe even longer. Tens of thousands of innocent people lost their lives while…

How to Trap a Pigeon Pigeons are the one of the most annoying species that we can find in the cities, and their number is only getting larger by years. They are a messy, disease-carrying pests and many people literally hate them and want to remove them from their lives. There are several different ways how to successfully trap the pigeon and you can find about them in the text below. You can catch a pigeon with the classic, old-fashioned trap. You could make one yourself or purchase it. There…

Short-term effect As Atlantic Slave trade started, big impacts occurred in Africa, America and Europe. First of all, disease spread during the voyage back to Americas. Due to low sanitation, disease easily spread and killed lots of Africans in the ship. Second, since captured Africans were mostly man, other African women and children were left alone, which would lead to the decrease of population in Africa. Also whole West Africa was fulfilled with the fear of being captured. Some African…

Chipotle had paid the price for its outbreaks especially E. Coli and Norovirus. The company had been bound with Norovirus outbreaks that sickened more than 100 people and E. coli outbreaks that caused illnesses for customers over 9 states. Chipotle voluntarily closed some of their branches. The company’s sales had declined more than 30 percent, its stock price had dropped for about hundreds of dollars, and the federal government had launched a criminal investigation due to the outbreaks. So, the…