Third Pandemic

Diseases played a particularly important role in what was to become the United States. In colonial America, outbreaks of disease were horrifyingly common. For example, Malaria was rampant in the southern United States for many generations. The first settlement at Jamestown in 1606 was nearly wiped out after typhoid and dysentery nearly killed all the colonists. Diseases not only impacted the residents of towns and cities, but also impacted the military. Smallpox in particular almost lead to the downfall

The Black Death of the mid-fourteenth century will have the greatest impact on the 16th and 17th centuries. The plague caused the European population the drop by 25 to 50 percent, induced movements and many revolts, and prompted changes in urban life. The European population dropped by 25 to 50 percent between 1347 and 1351. So, if the European population was 75 million, this would mean the 18.75 to 37.5 million people died in four years. There were also major outbreaks that lasted many years until

The Bubonic Plague was a horrific disease that was killing thousands of people, and nobody knew how to cure it. At the time, doctors resorted to treatments that people today would call absurd. None of these treatments at the time worked and was the result of scientists overreacting. These scientists were scared, and so were the communities. The affected communities just wanted to get rid of the people with the disease and keep the healthy ones quarantined in order to try and rid their homes of the

The Ebola virus is a strong, serious, fatal illness, which has a large impact on the population today. In 2013, an outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) quickly grew into an epidemic of exceptional magnitude. The virus killed ten times more people than all previous EVD outbreaks taken together. The presence of the disease in towns and villages of countries such as Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, made the lives of people who live there unbearable. The poor healthcare infrastructures and penetrable

"There was no damn horse fast enough in the country to keep ahead of that fire.” (546). In 1910, the US Forestry Service was in its infancy. Teddy Roosevelt had put Gifford Pinchot in charge of the foundling agency. For instance during the Presidency of William Taft, his term in office he denied the service and the manpower and resources needed to actually protect the growing quantity of land held in public trust. Then, without notice a drought-parched lands of eastern Washington, western Montana

Taken from Maxim (Volume 1, Number 3, 1999): “The 50 Worst Ways to Die” The following are some ways people were executed in Europe during the time period we are studying. My intent here is not to “gross you out.” It is not even to shock you. The sad fact is that throughout history, especially in Europe, people have thought of incredibly cruel and barbaric ways to punish those who have committed crimes. This, unfortunately, is part of history. As you are aware, we are currently studying

The bubonic plague is a well known epidemic that occurred during the middle ages. The plague affected people by “blackening the skin due to the dried blood that accumulated under the skin” (scogna et la). The plague also known as the Black Death spread throughout Europe in the beginning of the fourteenth century causing many deaths. First the plague was believed to have begun in southern China, making its way to mongolia in the beginning of the middle ages. In fact the disease was brought to Europe

The Black Plague in Europe: The Failure to Contain the Disease Many epidemics have struck the earth and caused the death of millions. The Black Plague was one of the most catastrophic epidemics to have ever existed. The plague overtook Europe in 1347, infecting a large portion of Europe’s population until the early 1350s. The bacteria that had induced the plague were found in fleas, which resided on the bodies of rats and spread to other animals. The plague overwhelmed Europe so rapidly that

There hasn’t been any epidemics that have affected America since the settling of the United States except for the common cold and flu. Epidemic means “a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time” according to google.com. The smallpox epidemic of 1775-1782 included many details common to epidemics and caused damage and destruction to property and lives that affected the region, but the area has recovered in the aftermath. Many parts of this epidemic are common

The Bubonic Plague otherwise known as the Black Death erupted in Italy in 1347 and by the time 1351 came around most of Europe had been struck with it. The Bubonic Plague was a sickness that ultimately caused your death. A bubo (black swelling) would occur in the groin area or underneath the armpit, in addition to that the sick would have sudden fevers and spit blood occasionally. People were so afraid of catching it they would avoid houses the sick lived in and relatives of the sick even abandoned