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Bubonic plague is the best known manifestation of the bacterial disease plague, caused by the Gram-negative bacterium Yersinia pestis (formerly known as Pasteurella pestis). It belongs to the family Enterobacteriaceae. The term "bubonic plague" was often used synonymously for plague, but it does in fact refer specifically to an infection that enters through the skin and travels through the lymphatics, as is often seen in flea-borne infections. Bubonic plague kills about half of infected patients in 3-7 days without treatment, and may be the Black Death that swept through Europe in the 1340s, killing tens of millions. ... Read more

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Title: Plague Ports: The Global Urban Impact of Bubonic Plague 1894-1901.(Book review)
Author: Sheldon Watts
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Title: Rebecca Totaro. Suffering in Paradise: The Bubonic Plague in English Literature from More to Milton.(Book review)
Author: Paul Kincaid
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Title: Plague Ports: The Global Urban Impact of Bubonic Plague, 1894-1901.(Book review)
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Chapters: Giovanni D'andrea, Anne of Bohemia, Alfonso Xi of Castile, Geert Groote, Thomas Bradwardine, Giovanni Villani, Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster, Joan of England, Blanche of Lancaster, Enguerrand Vii, Lord of Coucy, Joan Ii of Navarre, Joan the Lame, Bonne of Bohemia, Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, John de Ufford, Fernando Sánchez de Tovar, Margaret Wake, 3rd Baroness Wake of Liddell, Louis of Sicily, Ruaidri Mac Tairdelbach Ó Conchobair, Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Aragon, John, Duke of Randazzo, Frederick I of Athens, Cathal Mac Ruaidri Ó Conchobair. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 117. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Giovanni Villani (c. 1276 or 1280 1348, Italian pronunciation: ) was an Italian banker, official, diplomat and chronicler from Florence who wrote the Nuova Cronica (New Chronicles) on the history of Florence. He was a leading statesman of Florence but later gained an unsavory reputation and served time in prison as a result of the bankruptcy of a trading and banking company he worked for. His interest in and elaboration of economic details, statistical information, and political and psychological insight mark him as a more modern chronicler of late medieval Europe. His Cronica is viewed as the first introduction of statistics as a positive element in history. However, historian Kenneth R. Bartlett notes that, in contrast to his Renaissance-era successors, "his reliance on such elements as Divine Providence links Villani closely with the medieval vernacular chronical tradition." In recurring themes made implicit through significant events described in his Cronica, Villani also emphasized three assumptions about the relationship of sin and morality to historical events, these being that excess brings disaster, that fo...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=490837 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from World of Microbiology and Immunology, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 736 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Covers the concepts, theories, discoveries, and pioneers in microbiology and immunology, using a mix of traditional academic and topical articles, this title addresses current ethical, legal, and social issues with special emphasis given to biological warfare and terrorism. ... Read more

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Title: Bubonic and pneumonic plague--Uganda, 2006.
Author: A. Ogen-Odoi
Publication: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (Newsletter)
Date: July 24, 2009
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HOW I, LUCIA DACRE, CAME TO WRITE THIS HISTORY, AT THE TIME THAT I WITH
MY SISTER WAS LODGED IN A DESERTED HOUSE IN LONDON, WHEN THE GREAT
PLAGUE WAS AT ITS HEIGHT; WHICH WAS IN THE MONTHS OF JULY AND AUGUST,
ANNO SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE.
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Medical science has made great advances in this century. So much so that we look back on the physicians of the past with a condescending smile, thinking of them as little better than primitive witch doctors or superstitious barbarians. One bright day, the medical establishment in New York City found itself faced with a problems that made it feel as ignorant and helpless as any physician of 500 years ago. They faced a scourge that had decimated Europe during the Middle Agesthe bubonic plague. ... Read more