BIOS10115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: 1918 Flu Pandemic, Septicemic Plague, Bubonic Plague
3 Dec 2016
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Europe in the middle ages: bubonic plague (black death the slate wiper) Wiped out about 1/3 of population-rich and poor alike. Buboes: large boils that would swell up in lymph nods. The final stage of the disease was blackness of the skin: physicians had no idea what caused it. Strong bosses of laxatives laxatives to completely empty his can cause death from bowels, thus removing the dehydration disease. Nothing mercury and place them in and heat from the oven the oven would kill off the disease. The plague doctor the disease: many doctors, knowing that they could do nothing from plague victims, simply didn"t bother trying to treat the disease. Those that did made sure that they were as protected as possible form the disease by wearing the uniform. What we know now about bubonic plague: the field of bacteriology began in the late 1800s, yersinia pastis. Gram negative bacteria: carried by fleas.
