The Bubonic Plague | Curious Minds

The Plague - Curious Minds PodcastIn the 19th century, two brave (and some might say – insanely brave) French physicians took to the streets of Hong Kong and Bombay and risked their own lives in the name of ridding Mankind – and the fleas – from their worst nightmare: The Black Death.
This is their story and the story of the humankind’s bitter enemy throughout the ages: the Bubonic Plague.

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Sources

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/middle_ages/black_01.shtml
http://www.themiddleages.net/plague.html
http://archive.armstrong.edu/Initiatives/history_journal/history_journal_the_death_toll_of_justinians_plague_and_its_effects_on
http://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/17/world/unmasking-horror-a-special-report-japan-confronting-gruesome-war-atrocity.html?pagewanted=all
https://contagions.wordpress.com/2012/07/14/japanese-use-of-plague-during-world-war-ii/

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