people’s water and sitting on doors‚ tables‚ and chairs. Because of these things‚ the Bubonic Plague of London was started. But was hygiene the only reason the plague was started? And what is the Bubonic Plague? During the Renaissance time period‚ the Bubonic Plague killed many people in London‚ and this paper will state what caused it‚ the symptoms of the plague‚ and the treatments and results of it. The Bubonic Plague in London was one of the many epidemics in the world‚ and its cause was misunderstood
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is a type of plague called the Bubonic plague. Encyclopedia Britannica defines the Bubonic plague as‚ “an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. Bubonic plague is the most commonly occurring type of plague and is characterized by the appearance of buboes—swollen‚ tender lymph nodes‚ typically found in the armpits and groin.” The Bubonic plague has surfaced nine times in human history: the Plague of Justinian (541-542)‚ the Black Death (1346-1353)‚ the Great Plague of Milan (1629-1631)
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How the Bubonic Plague Was A Turning Point in History… The Bubonic Plague (also known as: the Black Death‚ the Black Plague‚ the Great Pestilence‚ etc.) is a disease that devastated the medieval world with a 9 out of 10 mortality rate (Vyas). It is so resilient that cases of infection are still being recorded in America today –although in a much milder manner. The plague then rid Europe of almost one-third of its population‚ leaving lasting effects wherever it had touched (Bussema and Witowski)
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of the Bubonic Plague The Bubonic Plague got it’s name because of the symptoms of the disease. Bubonic plague causes swollen lymph nodes‚ called buboes. These swollen lymph nodes are found in the groin area‚ which is "boubon" in Latin (Discovery).This disease became known as a "plague" because of its huge fatality rate throughout time. Bubonic plague was also known as the "Black Death" in Medieval times. This is because the dried blood under the skin turns black. The Plague is caused by
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Why the Bubonic Plague was a Turning Point English contemporary observer Henry Knighton wrote‚ “In this year 1348 and in the following one there was a general mortality of people throughout the whole world.” This was the start of his account of the Black Death. Also known as the bubonic plague‚ this devastating disease quickly spread around Western Europe‚ killing many. It had several significant effects in the 14th century‚ most of them for the worse. Europe took a long time to recover from the
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The Bubonic plague was a disease that spread throughout Europe in the 1300s‚ specifically in the years of 1347 through 1352‚ however several more outbreaks of the disease occurred in the years to follow. The disease affected people of all ages and of every level of the feudal system from the peasants up to the king. The cause of the disease to be spread at an alarming rate was because of rats carrying the disease through the fleas on them. They roamed through the streets spreading the disease to
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The Black Death or the bubonic plague was one of the most deadly disease of our time. The Black Death took place between 1348 and 1351. It killed about one third to one half of the population in Europe. It only liked warm weather; therefore it would die out in the winter‚ but come back strong in the summer. When it would infect a victim it would only take a matter of days to kill him or her. The Black Death would kill so many people so fast that they would dig big pits and put all the dead in a hole
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Smallpox is a highly infectious disease caused by the variola virus‚ an orthopoxvirus. Humans are the only known reservoir of this virus‚ thus no known animal or insect reservoirs have been identified. As routine vaccination is no longer undertaken‚ exposure to variola virus has the potential to cause high rates of morbidity and mortality in human population. Following an incubation period‚ infected individuals manifest with prodromal symptoms that include high fever‚ malaise‚ back pain and prostration
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What was the Bubonic Plague and what made the disease spread so far‚ so rapidly and kill millions of people. How did the Bubonic Plague affect Europe? The Plague vastly affected millions of lives in Europe‚ but it also affected millions of lives around the globe. The Plague is still‚ up to current date one of the largest disease outbreaks in recorded history. The Bubonic Plague was a disease that originated in Turkey in 1347. It was caused by the fleas that lived on rats. The fleas have a bad
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Causes and Effects of the Extent of the Black Death The Bubonic Plague started in Europe in the fourteenth century. The plague had wiped out nearly one third of the population and did not single anyone out‚ regardless of age‚ gender‚ or religion. All of this occurred as a result of a single fleabite. Bubonic Plague also known as Black Death started in Asia and traveled to Europe by ships. The Bubonic Plague was an infectious disease spread by fleas living on rats which would attached themselves
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