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What is bubonic plague? Cat blamed for infecting owner with deadly disease that killed millions
This is a far cry from the situation which evolved in the 14th century when doctors tried a range of unique remedies to cure the Black Death. However, modern-day bubonic plague can also become ...
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On This Day in 1900, the Bubonic Plague Hit the Continental United States, Spiraling Into an Epidemic That Killed 119 People
On February 7, 1900, Chinese American lumberyard owner Wong Chut King fell ill. When he died a few weeks later, in March, an ...
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Early pandemics: the plague
George Rae, a plague doctor, is standing Leith outside one ... they uncovered the plague’s origins – uncovering skeletons buried in modern-day Kyrgyzstan that had been infected by the bacteria ...