Yersinia pestis

Symbolism was first used in the world through art which includes painting, sculptures, and theatrics. The symbolism that I used in my mask was to symbolize how I love to read, how I love to play basketball, how I love diamonds, and also how the story The Masque of The Red Death is symbolized with the death of many people. The masks represents many things about me and want I love in my life. Two items that I put on my mask was many torn out pages of a book and a red painted basketball. This…

Imagine having a horrible sickness with nobody agreeing on how to treat the sickness. This is what many Yellow Fever victims had to go through in the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793 in Philadelphia. Doctors all had different ideas of how to treat the Yellow Fever victims. Not to mention, many people did not know what the symptoms, causes, or treatments even were. While there are many different ideas on the symptoms, cures, and treatments, there are only some that are correct, such as the “French…

“The features of globalization have huge consequences on pandemics. It just connects us so much more closely… and as a consequence, every one of these viruses that passes from animals to humans has the capacity to infect all of us.” These words, spoken by Nathan Wolfe, director of Global Viral, are naturally applicable to one of Richard Preston’s most famous novels. In The Hot Zone, by Richard Preston, the author uses a variety of literary devices to create an atmosphere that is horrifyingly…

“The Black Death” The Black Death is widely known as terrible and physiological pains that europeans went through, but what people do not know is that more good actually came out of it. Many people think about the plague was an epidemic that swept most of Europe. As casualties counts were high so were ideas. The plague introduced brand new medical, technology, and geographical advancements to the mid 1300s and they also bettered the future. Even with these horrific things happening good came out…

Hello i am leslie i am 12 years old. One day at europe I was walking and i past by a man he looked faul sick. He had bumps he was bleeding a lot and shaking even sweating. I told him if he was ok he sad no that he needed help i said go home. I walked him home i went in i saw a lot of rats, “ew” i said “what” the man said. There's a lot of rats i told him i had to go. When i left i told myself that that guy is going to die soon. I knew he was because the looked that he was very very very sick. I…

Europe was faring well up until the great famine of 1315-1317. There were big changes in the weather which shortened the growing seasons and torrential rains damaged crops. Much of Europe was becoming overpopulated at this time as well. Any land that could be farmed was being farmed and there simply was not enough food to go around for everyone. Meanwhile, people began to migrate from rural areas to the more urban areas in hopes of finding better living conditions. In addition to famine…

Kevin Nguyen Ms. Barton English II 25 August 2017 Medical World of the Middle Ages When talking about the Middle Ages, most think of knights in shining armor or kingdoms, but one thing most people miss is that the Middle Ages was just as similar to our society. The two time periods can be identified as similar because of one common issue, poverty. Those who struggled during the Middle Ages faced the same issues as those who are less fortunate in our current society. Although the two eras can…

This article is within direct correlation of our recent studies in the specific area of the Black Death (Bubonic Plague) which caused 50 Million or 60% of Europe’s entire population to disintegrate into infectious bodies. In our reading in class we learned of what is widely accept by accredited historians, who believe the Bubonic Plague began as a minor bacteria within rats, which then migrated via sea trading boats which allows rats to breed at an expeditious rate which was uncontrollable.…

There are a few differences between San Francisco and New York City. One being, the San Francisco climate doesn’t fluctuate as much as the climate in NYC. NYC has hot, hot summers and cold winters (snow storms). But, the weather in SF doesn’t change much (no snow). San Francisco weather is the same because, it is similar to the temperature of the pacific ocean, which is known as an oceanic climate. Air masses move across the continent (towards NYC) off the ocean and change due to the amount of…

Recently, there has been a lot of debates about the Black Plague disease. One group of scholars, represented by the lecturer, believe that the disease origin and transmission is different from what is discussed in the reading passage. The first area of dispute is the origin of the black plague. It has been aimed that the origin of this plague was from Asia and North Africa especially that the last one is still having out breaks until today. According to the professor, an archaeologist was…