The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-09-21
EPocEs OF PEsTILENGE.
PIaeues Devastating the Earth-A Compi'
latien Of the Great Epldemics From
Early Ages to the Present Day.
from the Globe Democrat.

In B. c. So7, an epidemic OF lepros.
in Western China destroyed thous
ands.
B. c.. 534, terrible plague ut Car
thage. Children sacrificed to appeas
the gods.
Dreadful plagre in Rome B., G. +33
2OO, 900 died in Italy.
Athenian plague graphically describ
ed by Thucydides B. G. 43O.
B. C. 429, Athenian plague spread t.
all parts of the world.
Hippocrates, B. c. 400, described
Asiatic cholera, course and symptoms
Great plague in Greece, Egypt ant
Syria, 1000 died daily, B. c. 1S7.
B. C. 172, strange pestilence in Chi
nese Tartary, 900, 900 deaths.
In Chinese pestilence, B. c. l72, tn
members dropped off before death.
B. C.72, Black Tongue in India. Th
tongue black and so swollen as to pro
trude.
Aretaus, of Cappadocis, A. D. 50
gave correct diagnosis Of cholera symp
toms.
AID. 81, mysterious pestilence il
Damascus; men became blind befor
death.
A. D. II, pestilenee in Judea from
stencil Of dead bodies in jerusalem.
A. D. IS, plague in Rome; 1000
deaths in one day.
Awful plague at Rome, a. D. So
10, 900 persons perished every day.
Galen, in A. D. 131, described visi
Of cholera to Italy in that year.
Falling sickness throughout the Ro
man Empire in A. D. 167.
In A. D. 169, a pestilence resembling
cholera devastated the Roman EN-
pire.
In A. D. 1s9, fever in France ant
Spain destroyed one half the popula
ton.
II A. D. 100, plague prevailed owe:
the Roman empire; many towns de
populated.
Orabasius Of Pergamus describes .
cholera pestilence in A. D. 230.
Ina. D. $50, 5000 persons died dali,
at Rome. Total deaths, 100000.
A. D. 252, great pestilence through
out the Roman empire; 100000 died
In A.. D. 427, mysterious pestilenceir il
Ara bia; mems eyes dropped out.
In A.. D. 430, dreadful pleague il
Britain; the living could not bury TIT
dead.
Alexander of Tralles, A. D. 525, men
toned visi: of cholera to Greece il
521.
A long-continued plague in Europe
Aeia, and Africa in A. D. $50.
In A. D. $50, smallpox prevailed il
Arabia and the East. Great mortal
ity.
Terrible pestilence at Constantinopl'
in 746; 1000 perished. -.
First general plague in the world tool
place A. D. 767.
In Chichester, England, 772, "sor'
throat" carried off "a, 900 people.
About $50 smallpox spread all ovs
Europe and North America.
In 954 ''swollen throat plague de
stroyed 40, 900 lives.
Plague broke out in London in 962
so, 900 persons died. r.
''BlacS mouthnin London in 1894
| one-third the population died.
Famine and plague in Ireland in 1895
| one-half the population destroyed.
Plague in London, I'LL; men, cattle
fowls, and dogs died with same symp
toms.
In 1172, Henry II. forced to evacuat
Ireland on account of plague.
In 1887, smallpox was general il
Europe, brought from East by crusad
ers.
In the smallpox pestilence of 49,
over !, 100000 died.
In 1904, Ireland was almost depopu
lated by famine and pestilence.
The "Black Death" appeared in 1t
ally in la4o. Spread all over Europe.
In l34s, Europe again scourged. Th
Florentine plague, described by Boo
caccio.
In l349, Britain and Ireland visite'
by black death; 1000 deaths daily il
London.
In 1861, fever in London and Pari
caused fearful mortality.
Sweating disease" scourged En-
| gland and Ireland in 1867; Thousands
deaths.
A "fever and shaking disease" i
| London in 1869. spread all over Br
tain.
The "fever and sore throat" in Ire
land in 1870. caused many thousands
deaths.
A great pestilence in Ireland, l3S;
destroyed fourth Of the people.
London ravaged by plague, l401
10000 persons died during the sum
mer.
Great famine and pestilence in IRE
land, 1866; 100000 died.
Black death in Dublin, 1470; half th
pleople of the city died.
Pestile3ce at Oxford, 1471, spread owe
England; one-third population dc
stloyed.
| In 1855, the sweating sickness" ca
ried off many thousands in London.
Yellow fever believed to exist anon
Indians at discovery of America, l4S:
In 1899, the plague in London
deadly that the court removed to Ca
lais.
Sweating sickness in London, 150t