When the Europeans arrived in the Americas‚ in 1492‚ they greatly changed the Native American’s way of life. There were four major things the Europeans brought to the Native Americans: disease‚ war‚ technology‚ and Christianity. These‚ among many other things‚ massively effected the lives of most‚ and ultimately all of the Native Americans. The effects of most of these are still being felt today‚ although to a lesser extent. First‚ and most devastating is disease. For thousands of years the people
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The harrowing accounts of people that suffered through the yellow fever epidemic of 1885 presented the devastation caused by communicable diseases to an uninformed society. It is disheartening to read about the chain of events that lead to the death of thousands of people who were victims of both the disease and their time period. They were fighting a disease with an unknown etiology‚ unknown mode of transmission‚ and no clear treatment. They fought a losing battle with winter as their only saving
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Rob Roemer Mr. Killoran World History Period 1 March 1‚ 2017 The Black Death Introduction: In all of history‚ people in the world have overcome some pretty devastating things in their lives. For example‚ people have had to overcome death‚ disease‚ human rights‚ and many more things. However‚ none of these events have been as devastating as Epidemics. Epidemics spread the fear of people thinking the world would end even if it was going to not to. Epidemics however‚ do have the power of ending because
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Arriving by ships carrying flea infested rats‚ the Black Death originated in the 1340s in China and spread west along European trade routes eventually arriving on the British Isles. Since the ships bringing goods and more resources to England‚ the Americas‚ and more places‚ were not clean and had unsuitable living conditions‚ disease broke out. (Unknown Where Did Black Death Start?) Anywhere the ship stopped left disease behind‚ and since it was fabricated by new types of bacterium and was isolated
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Scarlet Fever is a flesh eating infection that begins in the throat. The most apparent sign of scarlet fever is the rash. It begins on the neck and makes its way down the body. It looks like a sunburn with itchy tiny bumps. An early treatment for this disease are antibiotics. There is no vaccine and it most usually occurs in old and young people (Ages 1-6 and 75-older). Scarlet Fever is actually the name of the condition of how the body reacts to the bacterium. As you can tell this Disease is quite
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This is a novel which is generally speaking about William Bradford journey which is called “Plymouth Plantation”. The aim of the journey was to discover what is called “New England”. William Bradford started his journey with his crew‚ and one day a zymotic disease hit the ship crew‚ and most of them where effected by the disease. One healthy strong man was hooting the sick people‚ and telling them bad words‚ he did not foredoom their stickiness‚ and instead of hooking them helping them. One day when
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Plague is a disease that is caused by a bacterium called Yersinia Pestis (“Plague: Ecology and Transmission”) Yersinia Pestis is a bacterium that is most commonly found in rodents and other small mammals. When transmitted to humans‚ the subsequent disease‚ plague‚ takes hold (“Plague: Ecology and Transmission”). The disease has three forms
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Streptococcus pyogenes Staphylococcus aureus Pseudomonas aeruginosa Yersinia pestis None of the above 6. Gross enlargement of limbs (elephantiasis) is caused by the roundworm ________ Shistosoma japonicum. Shistosoma mansoni. Wuchereria bancrofti. Yersinia pestis. None of the above 7. What organism can cause cutaneous infections and can be transmitted by endospores? Staphylococcus aureus Pseudomonas aeruginosa Yersinia pestis Bacillus anthracis Streptococcus pyogenes 8. Which of the following
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Bubonic Plague Bubonic plague is a zoonotic disease‚ circulating mainly in fleas on small rodents‚ and is one of three types of bacterial infections caused by Yersinia pestis (formerly known as Pasteurella pestis)‚ that belongs to the family Enterobacteriaceae. Without treatment‚ the bubonic plague kills about two thirds of infected humans within four days. The term bubonic plague is derived from the Greek word βουβών‚ meaning "groin
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“plague is a disease that affects humans and other mammals” (“Plague”). Scholars have suggested the collapse of the Roman Empire may be linked to the spread of plague. Plague is caused by the bacterium Yersinia Pestis. Humans usually get plague after being bitten by a rodent flea carrying Yersinia or handling an animal infected with the plague. Plague is known for killing millions of people in Europe during the middle ages. The most recent outbreak of plague “on November 4‚ 2014 WHO was notified
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