Sarah Burns Evolution of Plague Bacteria The Bubonic Plague otherwise known as the Black Death‚ has gotten most of its attention from medieval paintings‚ poetry‚ and journals of revulsion. The real horror‚ was the disturbing biological evidence of the bacteria that caused all the pandemics‚ known as Yersinia pestis. The pathogen got its name from the two investigators Yersin and Kitasato. In 1894‚ Yersin was known as the main investigator (ergo. Named after him)‚ he claimed that the mice/rats were
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Overview of: When Plague Strikes’ by James Giblin This book is separated into three main parts the Black Death‚ smallpox‚ and aids. This book gives facts of occurring diseases and the diseases from the past. This books content mainly took place in Europe and Asia when it gave facts dates and examples. It explains the nature and symptoms of diseases from long ago. The bubonic Plague mainly affects rodents‚ but fleas can transmit the disease to people. Once people are infected‚ they infect others
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It’s Yersinia pestis‚ the bacterium that causes the plague. The Black Death and the Plague of Justinian had profound effects on society. Both cultures‚ when faced with the plague‚ reacted differently. The Plague of Justinian was the first recorded plague epidemic. It occurred in the 6th century‚ from around 541 to 542 A.D. It spread to the whole of the Byzantine empire and killed approximately 10-20 million people. It was said that the plague was killing 10‚000 people a day in Constantinople at
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“Plague has been responsive for some of the worst catastrophes in the story of humankind”(Dobson 8) The black plague was one of the most catastrophic events that ever happened in the history of the world. It killed hundreds of millions of people over a 700-year time span (Benedictow). In this paper I will be exploring how people got the plague‚ what happened when you have the plague and the impact the plague has on the world today There were numerous causes to the black plague; one of the main ones
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Christian and Muslim view on the plague are different because of their point of view on religion ‚ the situation and their view on how it all started. The plague started in Asia‚ as people fled from Asia they unknowingly brought the plague to Europe.Europe is a great breeding ground for the plague because of living conditions. When the plague hit Europe it spread like wildfire because of the cramped living conditions. Living conditions in Europe weren’t so great‚ history they tell us that it might
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DBQ Throughout the course of the plague‚ beginning in Italy in 1348‚ many people had different responses to how the plague was spread and who caused it. These different responses show how the people during the Middle Ages were ignorant to how disease spread and how it was instigated. Many people blamed God and Jews‚ others prayed‚ and finally others secluded themselves during the spread of the plague. Most responses proved to be ineffective for stopping the plague‚ while others were well thought out
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The Plague My book report is on The Plague by Albert Camus. It is fictional and was published in 1948. The story takes place in the 1940s in the town of Oran. The author describes the town as ugly with smug‚ placid air‚ and also says there are no pigeons‚ trees‚ or gardens. The main character of the novel is Dr. Bernard Rieux‚ he is the narrator. Throughout the story‚ he tries to battle the plague against the disagreeing forces of the authorities. Although he is separated from his wife‚ he
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The Plague Paper The Plague‚ written by Albert Camus‚ is a thought-provoking piece of literature. The novel is centered around the fictional Algerian town of Oran. The town is plunged into chaos and suffering when a mysterious plague appears and ravages the citizens who live there pushing them towards the brink of collapse. There are two distinct themes in this novel. The two themes of indifference in death and the value of human life are seen throughout the novel ’s entirety. Death itself is indifferent
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Central Asia and Europe in only a few years‚ around 75 million people fell victim to the plague Scientists discovered that the bacterium to blame was called Yersinia pestis. Yersinia originated from one of its founders – Swiss microbiologist Alexandre-Émile-John Yersin‚ and pestis being Latin for plague or pestilence. How it Spread At the time of the Black Death‚ it was unknown what the cause of the plague was. Then it was later discovered that rodents‚ or more so the flees are responsible. More
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where the transportation of the plague would come to play. As the rodents feasted on the waste‚ the plague-infested fleas would jump to the nearest passerby. "The most devastating to England was the bubonic plague. Also known as‚ ""The Black Death"‚ because of the black spots
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