Posted on 03/18/2020 11:27:22 PM PDT by nickcarraway
“London never really caught a break after the Black Death. The plague resurfaced roughly every 20 years from 1348 to 1665—40 outbreaks in 300 years. And with each new plague epidemic, 20 percent of the men, women and children living in the British capital were killed. “
Just wow.
“As for how to stop the disease, people still had no scientific understanding of contagion, says Mockaitis, but they knew that it had something to do with proximity. That’s why forward-thinking officials in Venetian-controlled port city of Ragusa decided to keep newly arrived sailors in isolation until they could prove they weren’t sick.
At first, sailors were held on their ships for 30 days, which became known in Venetian law as a trentino. As time went on, the Venetians increased the forced isolation to 40 days or a quarantino, the origin of the word quarantine and the start of its practice in the Western world. “
Interesting the origin of words!
“Bring out your dead!” wasn’t just Monty Python comedy, it was a reality during those dark years.
I have heard it was the opinion of others that it might be distinguished by the party's breathing upon a piece of glass, where, the breath condensing, there might living creatures be seen by a microscope, of strange, monstrous, and frightful shapes, such as dragons, snakes, serpents, and devils, horrible to behold. But this I very much question the truth of, and we had no microscopes at that time, as I remember, to make the experiment with.
They almost had it. So close. If they'd had a compound microscope they'd have nailed it. That had to wait, and so did the plague victims. Astonishing book.
Note that all five were bacterial not viral.
forced isolation to 40 days or a quarantino...
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I learn something every day on F/R.
smallpox is caused by a virus
Ok then, four out of five.
I just saw on an Aussie or Brit thing (or msm) that this could be the worst pandemic ever!
Does anyone have a spare roll of tp?
Fantastic post thank you!
For later.
See why you don’t let an epidemic just rip through your country? “It’s no worse than Cholera!”
“As soon as I became acquainted with the situation and extent of this irruption (sic) of cholera, I suspected some contamination of the water”
“Tagged” with a (sic), irruption is used in Ornithology.
and the reason that The Great Plague of 1665 was the last in London, because in 1666 the Great Fire of London raised the city and consumed the fleas and rats!
They mean, in third-world countries lacking access to 19th-century science:
2/3 tsp. of bleach in five gallons of water.
Razed.
Fascinating! Thank you.
They are now weaponized
that is amazing!
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