Black Plague
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As briefly mentioned earlier, the Black Plague drew attention to how medieval practitioners of medicine usually had no idea what they were doing.
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2021
From the Black Plague of the Middle Ages to the 1918 “Spanish flu” pandemic, epidemics have been interpreted as engines of a raw, fierce justice.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2021
Quarantining had been employed against contagious diseases since Europe’s Black Plague in the 14th century.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 21, 2020
Cordons were widely used to control the Black Plague during the Middle Ages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2020
Declaration eyeballed me, and in the same tone of voice she would have used to say, The Black Plague?, she said, “Marbles?”
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
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