Black
Death : -Black death or
the Great Bubonic Plague
spread through a vast area of Europe in the Mediaeval
Period
during the years 1347 AD to 1353 AD ; This
disease
arrived in Europe when, in October, 1347
AD,
12 Nos. ships docked at the Sicilian port of
Messina from
the Black Sea ; People who gathered at the Dock
experienced a horrifying surprise,
Most of the Sailors
aboard the Ship were dead & those who were still alive
were gravely ill & covered with Black
boils throughout
their
bodies that oozed blood & pus ; The Sicilian
Authorities
hastily ordered the fleet of the ships to
remain out of the Harbor but by that time it was too
late
; From here the disease spread over the next 5 years
throughout the Europe and killed about 20 Million
people which was almost 33.33 % of the population of
whole
Europe at that time ;
As
per report of some experts the pathogen of Plague was
also in existence in Asia about 2000 years ago ;
In the
medieval era this pandemic was believed to
have
originated first in China & from there it spread through
the silk route up to Europe via India, Iran
& Syria ;
a) As
per study of the present time that this Great Bubonic
Plague was caused by a
Pathogen of some kind
of Bacteria
which rapidly spread
through Rodents, Lice, Fleas etc.
In
modern times it can be easily treated with the application
of antibiotic ;
b) However,
in the stories titled “ Decameron”
written at that time,
by the great Italian writer Giovanni Boccaccio, in
the context of
this great killer disease
of Plague, we find the preliminary ideas
of
‘Social Distancing’ &
‘Self-Quarantine’ :
c) As
per observation of some people the popular Children Rhyme
“ Ringo Ringo Roses,
A pocket full of Posies ……” originally
came in memory of this fatal occurrence of the
medieval period ;
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