Third Pandemic

The Plague was a severe outbreak of bacterium Yersinia pestis in the 1300’s and the 1800’s. Killing 25 million people in the 14th century alone it became one of Europe's most grim times in history. The Plague caused people to flee their homes in fear of catching the Black Death. The outbreak began in Peking, China otherwise known as modern day Beijing, capital of China. The disease ended out around 1350, but still had no medically accurate way of treating the disease. In the 14th century and the

Europe in Italy via Italian merchant ships. The crew of the ship was not even keenly aware that they were carrying an extremely lethal disease. From Italy, the plague rapidly propagated throughout Europe. The plague is responsible for wiping out one third of Europe's population in just under five years. The violent course of the plague is what forced European society to undergo several changes, some of them being

struck Europe and Asia in the 14th century was probably the most devastating disease or natural disaster the world ever faced. The Bubonic Plague or Black Death killed an estimated 25 million people from 1347 to 1352 in Europe which accounted for one third of Europe’s population.??-1 It is believed to have started in Asia and then spread to Europe. The Bubonic Plague was not just limited to this period in time. It would reappear through the centuries including the Great Plague of London around 1656

Due to the pandemic occurring, there was a constant food shortage caused by the farmers and their animals dying or fleeing their homes to escape the plague. Individuals at the time grew greedy with few wanting to help their neighbors or family. Most people fled populated

modern times has evolved almost in a demonic way through every race, gender, and culture in the United States. Looking at statistics from the 1900’s, the three leading causes of death were pneumonia, tuberculosis, diarrhea and enteritis causing one-third of all deaths (Achievements in Public Health, 1900-1999: Control of Infectious Diseases, 1999). Almost thirty-one percent (31%) of these deaths involved

Europe in the mid fourteenth century. Those groups most ravaged by the Black Death had already suffered from famine earlier in the fourteenth century as storms and drought caused crop failures. In the span of three years, the Black Death killed one third of all the people in Europe. Medieval descriptions of the Black Death sound like the hemorrhagic fever caused by an Ebola-like virus, the authors say. A ship that left Oslo at the beginning of June would probably sail through the Sound around June

compares to the bubonic plague, which killed one-third of Europe’s population, smallpox, which completely eradicated some indigenous populations in the Americas, and AIDS/HIV, which is one of the greatest challenges the world faces today. All of these are characterized by to no methods of treatment (at their height), extremely painful symptoms, and their ability to spread easily. The Black Death, smallpox, and AIDS may be considered the most devastating pandemics to

In the mid 14th century, a devastating plague swept across the known world. This pandemic plague is most commonly known as the Black Death but has other alias such as The Great Pestilence and The Great Plague. The background essay states, “In five shorts years, it would kill between 25 and 45% of the populations it encountered.” The background essay also mentions “it would be the worst natural disaster and the single most destructive natural phenomenon in the history of the world.” This cataclysmic

Death is unavoidable, causing loss and change wherever it goes. It doesn’t matter where a person is or how they died their death still causes a ripple through. So what would happen if a plague were to occur? More specifically the Black Plague occurring in the fourteenth century caused almost as many deaths as a nuclear war. In the Wake of the Plague by Norman F. Cantor is a journey through one of the darkest times in the history of Europe.Cantor talks about how the plague raged through Europe and

The research topic that I choose was Epidemics past and Present. Epidemics are large events that have left a scar in the medical part of history. Epidemic from a French proverb says that Epidemics Come With Wings and slowly limp away. This is true because Epidemics hit with all their force killing a lot of people, then slowly leave but not permanently. They still manage to come back stronger then when they first hit. Epidemics are not something new they have been around for thousands of years. And