Comments on: How To…Prevent the Bubonic Plague https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2013/07/16/how-to-prevent-the-bubonic-plague-2/ Thu, 20 Oct 2022 15:01:14 +0000 hourly 1 By: Socio-Cultural Responses within India during Times of Pandemic Disease – Circulating Now from NLM https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2013/07/16/how-to-prevent-the-bubonic-plague-2/comment-page-1/#comment-87684 Thu, 20 Oct 2022 15:01:14 +0000 http://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/?p=894#comment-87684 […] of note, is this pamphlet rendered in a regional language (Urdu), in addition to English, for the prevention of plague in […]

]]> By: What’s Behind the Mask – Circulating Now from NLM https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2013/07/16/how-to-prevent-the-bubonic-plague-2/comment-page-1/#comment-86310 Tue, 26 Oct 2021 12:53:47 +0000 http://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/?p=894#comment-86310 […] The end of the 19th century brought great leaps in understanding about microorganisms but it took some time for knowledge to be converted into practice. Even the best medical care of 1881 took insufficient […]

]]> By: The Truth About Black Cats – Circulating Now from NLM https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2013/07/16/how-to-prevent-the-bubonic-plague-2/comment-page-1/#comment-53663 Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:01:05 +0000 http://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/?p=894#comment-53663 […] the illnesses that brought so much fear to those living in the Middle Ages was the Bubonic Plague, also referred to as the Black Death.  The plague was caused by a bacteria spread by rats. Many […]

]]> By: Robert Kapanjie https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2013/07/16/how-to-prevent-the-bubonic-plague-2/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 20:53:40 +0000 http://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/?p=894#comment-61 In the middle ages the greatest factor that arrested the spread of the Bubonic plague was winter—the cold killed the rats and fleas. But in India it is never cold, so the plague continued..

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