, 1879-02-13
THE PLAGUE.
Its RavnErx nj Various perio,la.

spread over the then known world. In53l d. e.
It n,aile such havoc IN Carthage that tic despair
fng population offered up their children rs sacri-
tlccs to tlc Gods 10 allav It's fury. Aeout cen
tury later # rnged with great dcstructivcncss at
Ailscns, n'l'a lhucy.t!1es has left us graph!cc
ostrFiqn str Er9n. o 1 H. Aan @ ssf rs @
year Ut u,lr era tlle plague swept OIL it,c popu.
lation uf Greece at the ralu u i0,011 daily. III
.he fourth. century 4 ragged viii violence IN
l'rIlatu, mil TIC mortality Is renortcA to bave
To bury The dead. William Of AIal,ncs.,,lry
wrote TINT In ~ MI epidemic carsic<l OIL $1,000
persons III Chichester. In 1918, during a.l col
oem!c Witch prevailed very geucral!y ihron.'i-
out EuTops @ pgrsons pesIsnS. S Sdai!y IL Lon,
of vuntiuucd war. At various otIIrr
,p.sriods, Lenlon % hus tui1ers'l 1sGs !, terri.
tSsn IL S 's perso"s psr!.ea ID to"ion sss
sntl in lG.s more than 35Do0 hut It was Ii,
1855 thai what Inns passel ,ntu history as "ihe
Great ffaguc" occurred. Estimates Of tic
sasS' 4om & It 0no 70 % % o ht s:tatiSG Evsy tnsfs aES
OF it's ravagcs. For cxa;,plc: "Illere pcr.
ised tl,ts week Of the plague In 1ondo,. 6o)o:"
"Sas s,eato4ss @ veefS sfis pfF$g L9 sasy s @ @
through ,he whole elly. Tic shops universally
sllltt up, a dreadful prDspert.r This was tho
last yfeitat!ou Of tic ptaguc in England, hut
other portions Of Europe lsaye suffered trom It
Moscow Ii, lii md l7i55. A,ul The Neapolitan
Suites In 1915 md 1BiD Its last appearance In
Europe WIS IN 1914.
The disease derives It's name from tho Greek
word slgnif Yng ia bfuw.h It Ia III aggravated
malignant feyer, with very varied symptoms
md manifestations, md sometimes carries
patient OH 6i.hln twentYfolr hours from HE
time OF attark. A renurt which wua rnadc to
cral conclusions; First, ,at tho countries where
the plngl!c ORIGINATES are Egypt, Syria, md the
two Turkeys, hut It ia probable tllat 1t may be-
developed witllOtt importation III the rc..e.,elcs
Vi Tripolt Mld Tuisls aul the Enpirr u Mo-
ROCCO: acyoud, In THOSE countries thu conditions
,sh!els favor tts development asa the habitat!oit
VI ailusial or marSly grounds, hot, lauist nt-
mosphere, low, Gaay.alrcd, und crowded
luusrs, tue nurum ulatlon Of II great quantity
Ut animal and vegetable matters 10 statc or
putrefaction, n seallty ulul nnwnoleho,ne
diet, grcnt moral md physical dcst,tution
nh tllc negligence Of the Iaws Of public u',tl
private hygiene: third. sporadic plague does not
IL transusslblc botA In iilr localities where itis
raging nild without them; fourth, it Is lrans-
,ni,tcd by rleans Of miasnsata given out by th,
bodies Of the sck,--tlltsc niasata In close alt!
esa sis is"stnS ~ o1nSs Sssss q
t,as shown the transtntssioflity Ut tho pluguc by
simple contact Will, the Infected, but new Gk-
tt,fp
o trnmeni.s,o hy ~. To,,ds nmi ,nrn, s ~ 20
'rc ~ ,n ;nf.}.i 'tin s.nnnnH,. ~ ,It I
usr,e nr. ~ r"r;n,s nn1 IL natmrs is so IN nncr.
fnr,is nmlrsst,.ni tiat nfl,sr discusses nrc ira.
nnrn,1v ,"tstrtr fnr #. u,tI ~, Inv ,,,I,rr LauI
~" rca ,i,.,,n na r. ~ ih ,r.s.nt ,aso 4, nft",,
~ ttr.t ,r.n,sI ,n,v 40 nr,,,nnrv fntnr ntt 4
r.nH srsn,H au1i. ;.rr;hjo ,nnr,ot snunnI u =
tr,,. .,rrs'.tcr 'o ''''"'''' '''
''"~ t;M,tt,nnr+ German t,ovY,,noud.nt
1t Is <sliuIatri t,iat 1iDt less than 51 000, ,OO0
persons fcll y,ytltns to the black leatjt in ASH
u,l Eurune toward lie mIJtjtp 0f ihr fullr.
tcruth century. or these, IL.JN0. .ODO ore si,,-
nosrd to jlayc pcristcd in Euruyc q. ,iO) h,
Asia M,nor, lt,uii, ind tllc udincent countries.
ani III. {ENl uS) in China The t1ist0rIon writrs
CONCERNING fhn up,,curapro Of lie n]nnl,e il
Eurppc; tIcrrthIu o|t,rps IN The heavens over.
whejInul thu I,a,fons with dread. In l!r{7 n
iur,tu rumrt oppcarcl: In iuljog,nw ycara eat,,c
im1,,cso mItitu,Iss nf iurusts: Int In i8tH lin,
end uf the wDsIl fccEleu NJ hn,n1. An eartIl-
n,tukr devastated Cyurus. Ereccc. italy. anl tl,r
Alptnu yuIIcys. Mounta!ua cayru IN. In tjn
FruvInca 0f CarutIer. III Arstria. thirty VII.
lages aMl town were utterly de-
atruyed 'l'llr nt1nosut.crc bccnr,c tbclf. fctiti
mid r,nfusim,. Wine hcratnc t,,rt1tf In tl,n i,ar.
ria. Fwry mrtrors iluninntrli the sky. 4
nliiar Of tinmc WIS seen over tlIe Tapa ualarc Mt
Ayi.upp, Tt,eso trrrurs wcrc followed by d
murticrDus nluuuc. 1t originated In China. wns
carried tGruugh ti,u wl,oIu of Asn, md in Cur
nty.H ttotun fhf