Bubonic Plague Research Paper

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The bubonic plague was one of the most or the most deadliest diseases that have appeared on earth killing around twenty-five million people in its early stages of appearance. It originated in China when the trade routes were newly established in the early 1330s. This same disease has recently appeared in Madagascar having around 428 cases approximately. It is said that well-developed countries are less likely to catch this outbreak due to the innovation in medical treatment.
This disease originated or was first seen in “the early 1330s an outbreak of deadly bubonic plague occurred in China” (Black Death: Bubonic Plague) and then quickly spread to its neighbouring and trading countries . England got suffered the most losing one third of its
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Doctors would be afraid of such terrifying disease that would lead them to cancel all appointments with patients to avoid any chance of catching the disease. Governments back then trained villagers to perform basic surgeries and basic procedures to attend those who have the pestilence. Doctors back then thought that bathing in virgin rose water would avoid catching the disease, some would burn or store flowers in their pockets to minimize the chance of being convicted to death. The medieval society never recovered from the loss of people, there were multiple labor shortages all around Europe, France, Belgium, and Italy. The disease left an unforgetting scar on everyone’s memory and soul. Witnessing their loved ones fall one by one. Children watching their mothers being taken away from something unknown and not being able to do anything but watch the painful disease take over the victim’s body and slowly watch how it takes its life away, then one by one taking everyone. The nightmare kept going for centuries on end. At last, the disease went away around the early 1600s. Sudden diseases with mass death rates are rare to nonexistent in our current times due to better hygiene medical