As we all know the black plague, whihcwas caused by rats and fleas, was a tramatzing disease that affected Europe in the dark ages (dates). It caused agnzoing symtopmts and most certainly death. It shaped europes history forever. In 1333 the plague the plague erupted in china ans from there it worked its way to Europe. The disease spread like any other thing, it traveled through trade.
In 1999 the virus appeared in North America for the first time and in the next year spread to 12 states killing 8 people and sickening 80 others. (Lee, M.C. 23-34) C. In the U.S., birds appear to be the major carrier of the disease and they pass it on to humans as follows: 1. When mosquitoes feed on the blood of the infected birds, the insects ingest this virus. 2.
Peaking in Europe between 1348 and 1350, and thought to have originated in China, the disease was transported by oriental fleas travelling on the backs of rats in certain travelling merchant ships and with the Mongolian armies, both travelling west. It is estimated to have killed around 30% to 60% of the population of Europe. The plague gradually travelled through Italy and France before arriving in south western England in the summer of 1348 - Bristol being one of the first cities to suffer it’s effects, as rumours of a ‘pestilence sweeping through Europe’ (Henry Knighton 1348) spread throughout the towns of England - but unfortunately it did not prepare them for the magnitude of what was coming their way. It spread through Bristol quickly, the cramped and dirty living conditions contributing to the plagues devastating effects. Contemporaries wrote in horror of
Community Health and Population Focused Nursing C228 SZT Task 2 August 1, 2014 Measles p. 2 Measles, also known as Rubeola is a highly contagious acute viral illness. It is caused by a virus in the paramyxovirus family. In 1953, 549,000 measles cases were reported in the United Stated, along with 495 measles deaths, annually. Although 549,000 cases were reported, it is estimated that 3-4 million people or most every American was infected with this virus during their lifetime. After the implementation and licensure of the live measles vaccine in 1963 the number of cases significantly dropped by 1988 in the U.S...
In fact, the bubonic plague affected England more than once in that century but its impact on English society from 1348 to 1350 was terrible. No amount of medical knowledge could help England when the bubonic plague struck. It was also to have a major impact on England’s social structures which lead to the Peasants Revolt of 1381. The Black Death was caused by fleas carried by rats that were very common in towns and cities. The fleas bit into their victims literally injecting them with the disease.
C228 Task 2 Western Governors University Identification and description of the Communicable Disease Outbreak Tubercle Bacillus or otherwise known as Mycobacterium Tuberculosis is believed to have been in existence for 15 to 20 thousand years and since record keeping began, has caused the death of humans for at least 5,000 years. TB found its way to the Americas very early and was known to be present there around 100 AD. In its early years on this earth it was called the “consumption” or ‘phthisis” by the ancient Greeks (“Why Tuberculosis was called “Consumptionn”, “ n.d.). It was known by this name because of its wasting or consuming of the person it had infected. The patient would continue to lose weight and almost waste away to nothing until they died.
The Black Plague Ring around the Rosies pocketful of posies, ashes, ashes we all fall down. These are the words to the famous nursery rhyme about the Black Plague. Many people perished and many more people mourned for those unlucky enough to die. For about thirty years the Black Plague reined the earth leaving behind a trail of despair for the survivors to cope with. Firstly there are many ways the Plague was said to have begun and how to cure it.
Essay of “The American Plague” The term “American Plague” was once commonly used to describe an epidemic illness that included a large part of North America and Cuba that was settled by the Europeans. The epidemic was actually a series of outbreaks occurring for over a century. This series of events is well described by Molly Caldwell Crosby in her book “The American Plague. ”The first chapters cover the epidemic nature of this disease in the Americas, and focus on the huge epidemic in 1878, especially its effect on Memphis, the city most stricken by the disease. The cause of the disease and its way of spreading were not known at the time.
Influenza 1918 Paper The documentary Influenza 1918 tells the grim story of one of the most lethal and devastating pandemics in the history of the United States of America. The influenza pandemic of 1918 killed more people than World War 1, estimated at roughly between 20 and 40 million people. The 1918 flu pandemic was also known as the “Spanish” flu and has often been cited as the most devastating epidemic in recorded world history. To put it in perspective, more people died of the influenza virus in a single year than in the four year Black Death Bubonic Plague from 1347 to 1351. It was literally a global disaster.
The first epidemiology from Orellanine was observed in Poland during 1950s where more than 100 became ill due to the consumption of Cortinarius orellanus (Rumack and Spoerke, 1994). Orellanine mainly interfere with the renal system and cause fatty liver and various other nephritic disorders. Symptoms doesnot appear immediately after consumption. It depends on the individual genetic resistivity which seems from 2-3 days to upto 3 weeks and includes flu, nausea, vomiting, headache and later leads to renal failure (Kilner et al., 1999). Inocybe