[Northkeep] Fw: [mooneschadowe] Black Death, Not?

[Elyssa Hoffman]

> I can see many falacies in this artical.The bleeding beneath the skin was
> another prominent feature listed in the archives, the darkening blood
> sugesting the name Black Death." The absence of a kill off of rats is also
a
> questionable reason. Rodents are the host (but not the only one) for
> Yersinia pestis but the flea is the vector. When there is a lowering of
> population for whatever reason of a main source of food the flea
population
> gos eleswhere such as humans. The flee can ingest as many as 25,000
bacteria
> in one feeding. One hungry flee can infect many humans. Infected flees can
> live for long periods of time since the organism does not kill the flee
and
> the flee also excretes said organism in its feces.  Y.pestis can also be
> transmitted to humans from this excreatment and small wounds. Also from
> scratching flee bites and transfered under fingernails.( I can imagine a
> spouse saying I have an itch that I can't reach,Could you scratch it for
me
> dear?) The thing about the priests is when you are ill you go to the
priest
> to pray and exorcise the evil. Unless cloistered priests were certainly
more
> exposed then your average person. As far as the demographics thats just
> plain silly. The atlantic ocean didn't keep the rats out of America.
Humans
> carry flees as well as rats . There are also other rodents that can carry
> this organism. Also the thing about the infected flee is the organim
causes
> a partial blockage of the flees  esopagas whice means the flee will feed
> constantly because it is always hungry. So in Y. pestis humans can also be
> the host. These antropolgists may be correct but their resoning has many
> flaws. Perhaps they should have taken a first year Microbiology course.
> Elyssa
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: konstiantin <konstiantin at yahoo.com>
> To: <mooneschadowe at yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 10:39 AM
> Subject: [mooneschadowe] Black Death, Not?
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> > I don't think it matters to the dead care how they got that way.
> >
> > Kostia
> >
> > Medieval Black Death Was Probably Not Bubonic Plague
> >
> > The Black Death of the 1300s was probably not the modern disease
> > known as bubonic plague, according to a team of anthropologists
> > studying on these 14th century epidemics.
> > "Although on the surface, seem to have been similar, we are not
> > convinced that the epidemic in the 14th century and the present day
> > bubonic plague are the same," says Dr. James Wood, professor of
> > anthropology and demography at Penn State. "Old descriptions of
> > disease symptoms are usually too non-specific to be a reliable basis
> > for diagnosis."
> >
> > The researchers note that it was the symptom of lymphatic swelling
> > that led 19th century bacteriologists to identify the 14th century
> > epidemic as bubonic plague.
> >
> > (rest of article)
> > http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/04/020415073417.htm
> >
> >
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> > "We may be through with the past,
> > but the past is not through with us."
> >                  --narrator, Magnolia
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