The Black Death was a serious disease that killed millions over people around the world over a period of several hundred years. It was named after the colour of the sores that grew under the skin ...

I pray to God every night that we will soon find out what causes this deadly disease. The term 'Black Death' was first used in English in the 1700s. At the time of the epidemic, most people would ...

A mysterious and deadly disease rips through the population ... in his book Epidemics and Society: From the Black Death to the Present. “A wide-brimmed hat could defend the head, and a mask ...

been falsely blamed for spreading plague during the Black Death? "We have good mortality data from outbreaks in nine cities in Europe," Prof Nils Stenseth, from the University of Oslo, told BBC News.

Also known as the Black Death, the bubonic plague is one of history’s most infamous diseases in history. It is spread when humans are bitten by fleas that piggyback on rodents When the microbes ...

Surgeon General George M. Sternberg in the January Appletons' Popular Science Monthly. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Full text is unavailable for ...

A new update for Crusader Kings III has introduced The Black Death and other plague-like illnesses, providing yet another way for your ruler to meet a premature end. The Black Death is the most ...