The Plague

today, from decisions that affected all kinds of lives and the future of those people. Events such as the Bubonic plague, The Crusades, and Christianity. These events didn’t have to be good but they were significant enough to change how things happened to the people of today. The ideas and new advancements that these events brought to humans, and even catastrophe. The Bubonic plague was a significant event since it brought danger to the European people, with the deaths of so many people. This…

townspeople with a much easier life. Doesn’t sound so bad does it? The plague, also known as the black death was a disease spread due to rats, fleas and infected people from not around bringing the awful disease to Europe by traveling overseas to deliver valuable goods. Unfortunately, valuable goods were not the only thing being transported to these two very unlucky continents. Fortunately, the outbreak of the bubonic plague in Europe between 1347 and 1352 was a positive event in history. The…

and Jacobson vs. Massachusetts. Both are similar in the concept of preventive care and how two individuals responded to that preventive care. In Jew Ho vs. Williamson, Jew Ho’s shop was placed in a quarantine district due to the fear of the bubonic plague. In Jacobson vs. Massachusetts, Jacobson refused to be vaccinated and argued that he should not be charged the penalty fine. Both cases are different, but they focus on how the concerns of the public’s health are displayed and enforced. Also,…

The Black Death was known as the “Great Mortality.” It happened in between the years of 1347 and 1350. The amount of lives lost during this pandemic suddenly stopped the economic expansion that spread throughout Europe and Islam (Smith et al. 478). The Black Death resulted in an estimated 75 to 200 million people in Eurasia. The black death not only affected the population it also affected the way the economy was set up. It affected trade and the all the ways that goods get from place to place.…

In the book Plague Time: The New Germ Theory of Disease Paul Ewald looks into the diseases the world faces every day and presents a new theory to what causes them. The book breaks down the current germ theory, causes of this way of thought, and solutions to it. Ewald starts by diving into what the world thinks as everyday diseases including the flu, HIV, and stomach ulcers. The public normally differentiates these infectious disease from chronic diseases like Schizophrenia, Parkinson’s, and…

Black Death: Bubonic Plague All throughout time and still to this day, situations occur that affect millions of people in areas all over the world. A bubonic plague is a situation that affects millions of people by the quick and effective spreading of a disease. The Black Death killed many people in a span of a few years that swept almost the entire Western civilization. The disease impacted the Western civilizations economy, politics, and social elements that in turn disrupted the functioning…

The black plague interest me because it killed nearly one third of Englands population which was caused because they didnt have running water or sewage systems another reason is because it could of been solved easily with modern technology like sewage sytems and trash pick up days. The black plague interest me because it didnt just effect England but it effected almost all of Europe it took the lives…

to those living at the turn of the fourteenth century when rats carried a flesh eating disease across the ocean into Europe. Remember that old nursery rhyme, "Ring Around The Rosy"? It comes from plague time, when flowers were used to mask the stench. (Charles L. Mee Jr.) In the chaos of the Bubonic Plague, commonly refered to as the, "Black Death", fear of a dark and terrible end caused mass hysteria. Brother turned upon brother, and Europe almost destroyed itself. In this chaos not only was…

What would you do if you woke up and your entire family were sick with the plague? would you take care of them? Furthermore, what would you do if the if you realized the people you believed in to help you and your family wouldn’t? What if the world on the other side of this devastation would be something completely different? That was a reality for most in Europe during the Black Death. The Black Death the way society was in Europe By making people change their morals and how they treated each…

Bubonic Plague struck Europe. It was a depressing time for people as more of their loved ones were getting sick and dying every day. This disease led to an opening in science and medicine. The plague killed about twenty-five million people, but it did have a positive influence on the world since it improved medicine and medical technology. The plague had a devastating impact on medieval towns and many Christians blamed Jews, the poor foreigners and travelers, for the spread of the plague (Feld…