The Plague

mid-fourteenth century is by and large the most devastating epidemic of medieval European history. Long thought to have been brought to the European continent by flea-carrying Asian traders, the plague left a crippling trail of death and destruction in its wake. Some scholars now challenge the source of the plague, saying it could not have come from fleas or rats but rather a human-contact transmitted type of hemorrhagic fever. Nevertheless, these facts remain clear: the disease ravaged Europe…

We all know the nursery rhymes which we loved as a kid and sing to other children. Most people think of it as a child's song with no other meaning or maybe just a song of history. But they have what we might call a dark side, so prepare yourself for what you're about to here. Let's start with Ring Around the Rosie. Ring Around the Rosie came to be by the “Black Death” outbreak in the 14th century which spread, and killed about 15% of the country's population that's a lot in the 14th century.…

Analise Tenney Problem Set #1 PHP 405- Dr. Caffrey October 14, 2015 Chapter 15- All in Good Haste In 1993, news spread among the entire Navajo Nation of three strong young members of the community who unexpectedly died after suffering from acute respiratory distress syndrome, or ARDS. Upon discovery that these deaths were interrelated through family, the state’s medical examiner alerted the forensic pathologist of the possibility of a communicable disease problem. The New Mexico Department of…

In paragraph one I gave some details, back information, and examples of some environmental accidents that was mentioned, but another environmental accident that wasn’t mentioned was the Africanized bee. Africanized bees can be very harmful and dangerous at the same time because it can have a tremendous effect on human life very badly. It can cause harm to animals, and it can be fatal to human as well. An Africanized bee is also known as “the Killer Bee” It was founded in Brazil in the 1950s. The…

The Blame Game: An analysis of the 2015 Indonesian Wildfires and the 2009 Australian “Black Saturday Bushfires” The Indonesian wildfires of 2015 and the Australian black Saturday bushfires of 2009 are both major disasters that caused severe damages and many casualties, but with different controversies surrounding them. The many lives lost in Victoria Australia brought a major discussion about hazard response, vulnerability and human rights on the agenda. In Indonesia the controversies around…

“repressive legislation that forced peasants to stay in their farms,” freezing their wages at low levels. With France increasing the taille (a direct tax on the peasantry), the English Parliament passed a Statute of Laborers, “limiting wages to pre plague levels and restricting the ability of peasants to leave the land of their original masters”; opposition among the peasantry towards this legislation and set of strict rules was a prominent factor in several peasant rebellions, such as the…

The Black Death The Black Death was a pandemic that wiped though medieval England. It was estimated that this pandemic of the plague, the second pandemic of this disease, killed about 1.5 million people between the years of 1348 and 1350. During this time frame there was very little medical knowledge. Even less known about the “plague”. The bubonic plague is caused by a rod-shaped bacillus called Yersinia pestis. Yersinia pestis is a bacteria that is carried by rats. Most rats have an…

theories (the spread of the plague through the corruption of the air) were the focus of university trained physicians who sought to explain the pestilence in terms of the ancient texts they were versed in, whilst contagionist theories (that the plague was spread through contact) belonged to lay people, who pushed for new health measures during later outbreaks. This essay aims to redress this issue, arguing that doctors and medical experts were well aware that the plague was contagious and could…

power and a voice. Ever since then I learned to keep my mouth shut and follow orders from the man of the house. That lesson was the thing that helped me get through life. The thing that taught me where I stand, where woman stand. After this plague…

On the other hand, the Lord had given Moses a decree that he would destroy all firstborn of the Egyptian children, and all their creatures would be destroyed as well (Fisher, 2014, p. 254). As a result of the final plague, Pharaoh released the children of Israel from bondage (Fisher, 2014, p. 254). Therefore, after the children of Israel were released, Pharaoh Army pursued the children of Israel, God told Moses to stretch forth his rod, and an east wind blew dividing…