Event Title
How One Bacterium can Affect the World, in Past and Present: A Review of Yersinia Pestis.
Presentation Type
Oral and/or Visual Presentation
Presenter Major(s)
Biomedical Sciences
Mentor Information
Sheldon Kopperl
Department
Biomedical Sciences
Location
Kirkhof Center 2266
Start Date
10-4-2013 12:00 AM
End Date
10-4-2013 12:00 AM
Keywords
Arts, Death and Dying, Health, Historical Perspectives, Life Science, Religion, Social Class
Abstract
The bubonic plague devastated parts of Europe multiple times throughout the Middle Ages, though none so drastically as the Black Death. The Black Death, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, took the lives of well over one-third of the population of Europe. The chaos of mass infection and velocity at which it spread changed the European population and how it viewed their society and its practices. This review of the Black Death highlights specific changes in medicine, economics, religion and various cultural aspects of Europe as a result of the Black Death. Furthermore this presentation will address the current issues and concerns surrounding the plague and the possibility of future pandemics.
How One Bacterium can Affect the World, in Past and Present: A Review of Yersinia Pestis.
Kirkhof Center 2266
The bubonic plague devastated parts of Europe multiple times throughout the Middle Ages, though none so drastically as the Black Death. The Black Death, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, took the lives of well over one-third of the population of Europe. The chaos of mass infection and velocity at which it spread changed the European population and how it viewed their society and its practices. This review of the Black Death highlights specific changes in medicine, economics, religion and various cultural aspects of Europe as a result of the Black Death. Furthermore this presentation will address the current issues and concerns surrounding the plague and the possibility of future pandemics.