originated in China‚ India‚ and Formosa said that it was the “disease of the rats”. It was Simond who observed that coming into contact with the dead rodents after 24 hours did not transmit the plague to the handler. He hypothesized that it must be in the fleas. He experimented with a plagued rat and a healthy rat‚ but made sure they never made contact but were relatively in the same vicinity. Not long after the plagued rat was killed‚ did the healthy rat get infected by the plague and die also(Schoenstadt
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enlarged‚ and painful lymph nodes‚ known as buboes. After being transmitted via the bite of infected fleas‚ the Y. pestis bacteria localize in an inflamed lymph node where they start to colonize and reproduce. Buboes associated with the bubonic plague are found in the armpits‚ upper femoral‚ groin and neck region. Acral gangrene (“Bubonic Plague”). The best known cause is when rats and fleas
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The wording of the title can easily tell someone if the article they are about to read is a pop science article or a scientific article. The articles I am analyzing discuss how the decline of large mammal populations is leading to disease risk in smaller mammals‚ particularly rodents. The pop science article is titled “Declines in large wildlife lead to increases in disease risk” (Julie Cohen) and the scientific article is titled “Declines in large wildlife increase landscape-level prevalence of
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of metaphysical journeys‚ as personal growth is achieved through the exploration of the individual’s mental psyche. This type of journey extends beyond the limit of the physical realm and allows the individual to experience a world of boundless opportunities. However‚ not all composers choose to conform to this well-known reading of the journey theme. Composers also explore the dangers of journeys‚ especially concerning metaphysical travel. Because of the limitless borders of the metaphysical plain
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outbreaks in recorded history. The Bubonic Plague was a disease that originated in Turkey in 1347. It was caused by the fleas that lived on rats. The fleas have a bad bacteria in their stomach‚ but the bateria can make it to a point in which the flea gets sick and bites a rat; the bad bacteria is then passed onto the rat and gets into the bloodstream. All of the fleas who bite the infected rat will then absorb the plague and pass it on to other rats or humans. "The other thing that made the
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Comparative Stylistic Analysis of a Poem Submitted to: Mrs. Daisy O. Casipit Submitted by: Lovely Anne B. Unquida (BSEd3-3) October 2013 Easter Wings by George Herbert Lord‚ who createdst man in wealth and store‚ Though foolishly he lost the same‚ Decaying more and more‚ Till he became Most poore: With thee Oh let me rise As larks‚ harmoniously‚ And sing this day thy victories: Then shall the fall further the flight
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death. Prevention is extremely difficult. As winter approached‚ colder temperatures killed fleas and rats became inactive. This made the Europeans think that they were clear of the plague that affected them the summer. Unfortunately‚ the disease had not disappeared. It was dormant. Europe was then stricken with new outbreaks in areas where the temperatures were again suitable for a hospitable environment for flea and rat populations. Groups most ravaged by the Black Death had already suffered from famine
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revenge on Claudius. What if‚ Claudius’ didn’t kill Old Hamlet so that he can profit from the kingdom and Gertrude‚ what if Claudius killed Old Hamlet for the well being of Denmark? Suppose‚ Claudius‚ Polonius and Gertrude understood Old Hamlet to be a conceit and malicious king. In order to support our theory‚ the group was broken down into four relationships that Old Hamlet had; Old Hamlet and Claudius; Old Hamlet and Polonius; Old Hamlet and Gertrude; Old Hamlet and Hamlet. By assigning each of the group
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it got into humans there is much he say she say gossip. According to the team at the Laboratory of Microbial Structure and Function‚ it went from rats then to fleas and then to the humans. When I read that the fleas infected the humans‚ it kind of made sense because the fleas bit the rats that were infected and then bit the humans. With fleas being so small it is hard for them to be seen‚ which means it is hard for them to be killed. This transfer of the bubonic plaque just shows how fast things can
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http://ponderosa-pine.uoregon.edu/students/Janis/menu.html Abstract Bubonic plague has had a major impact on the history of the world. Caused by the bacterium‚ Yersinia pestis‚ and transmitted by fleas often found on rats‚ bubonic plague has killed over 50 million people over the centuries. Burrowing rodent populations across the world keep the disease present in the world today. Outbreaks‚ though often small‚ still occur in many places. The use of antibiotics and increased scientific knowledge
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