Topic > The Positive Effects of the Great Plague - 600

The Great Plague was a pandemic that killed many people, and for the people of ancient times the plague was equivalent to a painful death; it was torture. As a result, many people classify the "Great Plague" as a catastrophe that caused enormous damage in Europe, but without this epidemic, many of us would not have had substantial changes that have brought us to the present day. The Great Plague was an epidemic that killed a third of the European population. It was a plague that originated in the arid plains of Central Asia and traveled along the Silk Road. From then on, fleas living on rats, typically found on merchant ships, carried it. There were three types of plague: bubonic plague, it was an infection of the lymphatic glands and the symptoms were muscle cramps, fever, swelling and convulsions; pneumonic plague, known for coughing, often with blood and the symptoms were fever, chest pains and shortness of breath; septicemic plague, this plague was a blood infection and some of the symptoms were low blood pressure, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, bleeding...