plague
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The survivors who wrote about the plague leave no doubt that the Black Death was catastrophic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
In few other realms of history has the contribution of laboratory science been so revolutionary as in the study of the bubonic plague.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
The deepest mystery of the plague is why this bacterium—in normal times a pathogen of wild rodents—erupted to cause some of the most world-altering disease outbreaks on record.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
The genomic evidence has been critical in pinpointing the reservoir of the plague in Central Asia and in tracing its lightning-fast diffusion along trade routes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
No pupil would have dared to do so, even to spread an alarm of fire, monsoon or the black plague.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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