thriving industrial centers of America‚ where rapid urbanization had not provided for adequate sanitation or living conditions for the burgeoning middle class. Major epidemics were caused by such diseases as yellow fever‚ cholera‚ tuberculosis (TB)‚ influenza‚ measles‚ scarlet fever‚ malaria‚ and diphtheria. The average American city during the 19th century was a breeding ground for the frequent epidemics that occurred‚ killing thousands. Port cities were particularly susceptible to epidemics of infectious
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comparison and contrast. General Thesis: Bubonic plague‚ smallpox‚ and influenza devastated populations worldwide‚ but each has affected their victims and society in a different way. Plan of Development: Bubonic plague‚ small pox and influenza each appeared at a different historical period‚ and they vary in their mode of transmission. However‚ whereas plague and smallpox disrupted human history‚ influenza was relatively forgotten until recently. Topic Sentences: Your topic sentence
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Cambria Rooney 10.10.11 Period 4 The Black Plague struck Europe for the first time in the 15th century‚ wiping out one third of the entire western population. This pandemic changed the way the people who were affected thought and how they lived their lives. The Europeans’ actions within the 15th through 18th centuries were influenced by the need to control the disease‚ fear‚ and their own self-interest. The Europeans tried many ways to maintain the plague from getting worse and spreading
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Alliance for Consumer Education‚ swine flu‚ also called H1N1 flu‚ is a respiratory disease caused by influenza viruses. Many of the symptoms with the swine flu are the same as with the seasonal influenza those individuals suffer with during the flu season. The swine flu can eventually lead to pneumonia and death among individuals. The swine flu could be spread just as well as the original influenza by human-to-human transmission. According to MedicineNet‚ the first outbreak of swine flu in humans
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the 1300s‚ there is a possibility of another one happening. We are also at a greater risk for this occurring because of commercial travel. People could infect each other and not even know it‚ then fly to Europe and know it’s a pandemic. The truth of this comes from the pandemic
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Illnesses of the 1700’s There were many illnesses in the 1700’s and 1800’s that were life threatening‚ or even a sure death‚ that are in current times‚ not a concern‚ or highly curable. Examples are smallpox‚ bubonic plague‚ typhus‚ mumps‚ influenza‚ yellow fever‚ and measles. These diseases almost single handedly wiped out several native American tribes‚ and wreaked havoc on European communities. Small pox‚ overtook half of Boston in 1763. There was no cure‚ and to this day there is not one
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What is drug addiction? -Drug addiction is a complex brain disease. It is characterized by compulsive‚ at times uncontrollable‚ drug craving‚ seeking‚ and use that persist even in the face of extremely negative consequences. -Drug seeking becomes compulsive‚ in large part as a result of the effects of prolonged drug use on brain functioning and‚ thus‚ on behavior. For many people‚ drug addiction becomes chronic‚ with relapses possible even after long periods of abstinence. Drug addiction is a chronic
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topic amongst the media‚ the medical world‚ and parents. With the concerns over new strains of influenza and other common viruses and diseases‚ the option for childhood vaccinations should not be compulsory‚ but mandatory. If it were not for childhood vaccinations‚ cities and towns across the nation and around the world would be overcome by diseases that have been dormant for decades. To prevent a pandemic of this nature and to protect the health of the general population‚ it is in the best interest
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deadly disease that forms buboes and causes many other terrible symptoms. The bubonic plague affected the world three different times. The first time the pandemic hit was in 542‚ it was called the Justinian Plague. The second time was in 1347‚ it was called the Black Death. The third time was in 1665‚ it was called the Great Plague of London. A pandemic is the term used when a disease occurs more than once‚ affects a vast region‚ and affects an enormous amount of people. The Black Death caused the greatest
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Pandemics are disease that spread over a country or the world. Typhus is an example of a pandemic. Typhus is a bacterial disease that is spread by lice and fleas. Brill Zinsser is the discoverer of the disease and typhus is also known as “Brill Zinsser Disease”. Two types of most common typhus are endemic and murine. Endemic typhus is usually seen in places with cold temperature‚ endemic typhus are sometimes called “jail fever” or “camp fever” because typhus killed hundreds of thousands of people
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