Other Pasteurella bacillus cause diseases such as tuberculosis. How is the disease transmitted? Plague is caused by an infection with Yersian pestis, which is a bacterium carried by rodents and transmitted by fleas found in parts of Asia, Africa, and North and South America. The Oriental Rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis) is the most efficient carrier of plague, but other species of fleas (ex. Nosopsyllus fasciatus, Xenopsylla brasiliensis, Pulex irritaus) can also pass the disease on to humans.
Most who suffered form this epidemic did not live past three days (Trueman 1). Because the vermin spread this disease so rapidly, it would eventually affect most of Europe. The source of the Black Death was unknown at the time; therefore physicians could not stop the spread or treat the infected (Byrne 1). Many people thought that it was God’s punishment, so to appease Him, they publicly whipped themselves (Byrne 1). Before declining, the Black Death killed around forty percent of the European populations, which is about 25 million victims, making it one of the most widely known epidemics.
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One of the things that made the plague one of the worst was that there were outbreaks almost every ten years but still restricted to Europe. It is thought that one third to one half of the population in Europe could have possibly died due to the plague with some towns of a death rate of up to 30 or 40 percent. Very few that were infected with the plague actually survived more than one month after receiving the disease. The Black Death was an incredible event that effected everyone on a physical level, emotional level, or both. The Black Death was more terrible, and killed more people than any war in history.
The Great Plague killed nearly half of the European population during the fourteenth century. A plague is a widespread illness. The Illness was also known as the “Black Death”. Most of the European people believed the plague was the beginning of the end of the world. They were scarcely equipped and unready for what was to be entailed.
Impending Death What is a plague? This is an infectious, epidemic disease caused by a bacterium that causes a high mortality rate caused by small rodents (such as rats and mice). Fleas living on sick animals can then transfer the disease to humans. It is possible for someone to catch the plague today; however, she would have to be very very unlucky. Worldwide, there are roughly 1,000 to 3,000 cases a year, most of which are only contracted in Third World countries.
In rare cases, rabies can be spread when infected saliva gets into an open wound or the mucous membranes, such as the mouth or eyes. Once a person begins showing signs and symptoms of rabies, the disease is nearly always fatal. For this reason, anyone who may have a risk of contracting rabies should receive rabies vaccines for protection. Animals that has potential of getting rabies include the following Pets and farm animals Cats Cows Dogs Ferrets Goats Horses Wild Animals Bats Beavers
In the years 1331 to 1350 all of Europe broke out in an epidemic, called the Black Death. This terrible sickness murdered about one third of all the people in Europe, it spread, and killed quickly. People’s lives were changed drastically; they were scared to go outside in fear of catching the gross disease. The Black Death spread rapidly through Europe having significant impacts on society. The Black Death started in China in 1331; it was then carried across the Asian caravan to southern Russia on merchant ships.
Death comes within twenty-four ... ... middle of paper ... ...During the Black Death. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2006. Cohen, Jennie. “Is the Black Death the Ancestor of All Modern Plagues?” A&E Television Networks. 19 Feb. 2014.
After catching the disease people on average only survived for two to four more days. It was rare that the disease spread from person to person. Most cases it is when a human gets bit by an infected flea containing the disease. (The Black Death 245) It affected may towns and villages because most of the population had died and the people in the towns and villages where killed. Leaving the survivors in fear, most of them wanted to move because of the chances of them catching the disease.