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    Introduction to the Microbial World; History of Microbiology By: Case Assignment Module 1 MIC 100: TUI University Date: March 17‚ 2013 In response to the web site article about Edward Jenner‚ I believe the author paid an over emphasis on the how the discovery of the small pox vaccine was the greatest of public health achievements of all times. But I am of a different opinion. I believe that despite this great contribution‚ Edward Jenner does not deserve the greater credit in his

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    Athens after it had been stricken with plague during the Peloponnesian War. Thucydides uses his account of the plague to suggest that war is a violent teacher. Among other passages in his work he also suggests that in war‚ no matter how wealthy and prepared the participants may be there is always the chance for the unforeseen‚ such as‚ the teaching and breeding of violence. In chapter 53 of book 2‚ Thucydides describes the surrounding circumstances of a plague that had struck Athens during the Peloponnesian

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    Where did the plague begin and spread? The plague began in 1348 in East Asia but very quickly spread to Florence‚ Italy. 1b. What two possible cause did Boccaccio suggest for such a terrible event? Boccaccio suggested that it was through the influence of heavenly bodies or that it was God’s anger because of our wicked deeds. 2. How did people behave to those that were sick? Why? The city ordered that the streets be cleansed and any sick person was forbidden from entering the city. Many people

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    tale‚ "A Rose for Emily‚" have much in common. Among their numerous similarities‚ the most apparent comparison is the theme of death in both plots. Foremost‚ in "the Masque of the Red Death‚" the country had been exposed to the bubonic plague. Victims of the plague died an untimely death. Prince Prospero‚ in an attempt to defend himself from the epidemic‚ locked the gates so no one could leave or enter his premises. At the night of the masquerade‚ the guests of the prince found themselves in a hall

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    The etiology of the Bubonic Plague is Yersinia Pestis. It is a bacterium that is gram-negative and a rod-shaped coccobacillus. The bacteria is facultative anaerobic (it does not need air to survive). It is a non-spore forming zoonotic disease and secrets a thick layer of slime that stymies phagocytosis preventing the host’s immune system from destroying it. The kingdom of Yersinia Pestis is a bacterial micro-organism. The phylum is proteobacteria and the class is gammaproteobacteria. It is in the

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    Paige Layman Literature 2nd hour November 4‚ 2014 The Dancing Plague The outbreak began in July 1518‚ when a woman‚ Frau Troffea‚ began to dance fervently in a street in Strasbourg. This lasted somewhere between four to six days. Within a week‚ 34 others had joined‚ and within a month‚ there were around 400 dancers. Some of these people eventually died from heart attacks‚ strokes‚ or exhaustion. The Plague started when a woman by the name of Frau Troffea started to dance in the streets of Strasbourge

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    Plagiarism‚ a Deadly Plague The feeling of putting in an enormous amount of time into something can be viewed as your masterpiece can be cheerful and satisfying. What if‚ however‚ someone comes along and willingly tries to steal your work of art‚ ignorantly using it for another purpose‚ with the intention of not giving any credit to you? Would you call them a thief in spite of what they have done? In what way would you approach this situation? However‚ this “practice of claiming‚ or implying

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    terrors than many warriors…’ It is the women in the text that prove to be stronger in the face of adversity. To what extent do you agree? Geraldine Brooks’ novel ‘Year of Wonders’ discovers the strength of women throughout the year of the bubonic plague in 1666. Anna Frith‚ along with Elinor Mompellion and the Gowdie’s‚ are all seen as heroine figures throughout the hardship. There are several female characters in ‘Year of Wonders‚’ who‚ partake in many key events‚ giving a perception of women being

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    was a deadly‚ devastating outbreak disease also known as the Bubonic Plague‚ it was between 1347 and 1352‚ that caused an estimated 25 million deaths in Europe. Many suggest it started in Asia. The disease was carried by fleas that lived on rats. Historians think that black rats living on European merchant ships caught the disease‚ eventually bringing it to Europe. First why don’t we figure out what exactly the Bubonic Plague means. Bubonic is named after the buboes (swollen lymph nodes) which

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    horrified to find I had left a person dying of the bubonic plague on the side of the road. Although this was only a mock situation for a World History assignment‚ I left the man alone because I decided it was best for my assigned family. I rationalized that since there were no cures for the plague at the time‚ the man was close to death‚ and my family was with me‚ I had better leave the man instead of expose my family. Exposing them to the plague would be almost definite death. I weighed my options and

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