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  2. Category:Medieval health disasters - Wikipedia

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    Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. ... 13th-century deaths from plague (disease) (2 P)

  3. Black Death migration - Wikipedia

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    Wheat, oats, hay, and consequently livestock, were all in short supply, and their scarcity resulted in hunger and malnutrition. The result was a mounting human vulnerability to disease due to weakened immune systems. [citation needed] The Medieval Warm Period ended in Europe sometime in the 13th century, bringing harsher winters and reduced ...

  4. List of epidemics and pandemics - Wikipedia

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    Widespread non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer are not included. An epidemic is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time; in meningococcal infections , an attack rate in excess of 15 cases per 100,000 people for two consecutive weeks is considered ...

  5. Category:13th-century deaths from plague (disease) - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "13th-century deaths from plague (disease)" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  6. List of diseases by year of discovery - Wikipedia

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    Disease Discoverer 2600 BC: Malaria [1] 1900 BC: Rabies: 1600 BC: Cancer: Hippocrates: ca 300: Dengue: Jin Dynasty (266–420) 9th century: Measles: Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi: 14th century: African trypanosomiasis: First described by Arab traders [2] 1798: Color blindness: John Dalton: 1798: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: John Dalton: 1881 ...

  7. Native American disease and epidemics - Wikipedia

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    The American era of limited infectious disease ended with the arrival of Europeans in the Americas and the Columbian exchange of microorganisms, including those that cause human diseases. European infections and epidemics had major effects on Native American life in the colonial period and nineteenth century, especially.

  8. History of syphilis - Wikipedia

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    The history of syphilis has been well studied, but the exact origin of the disease remains unknown. [3] It appears to have originated in both Africa and America. [4] [5] As such, there are two primary hypotheses: one proposes that syphilis was carried to Europe from the Americas by the crew(s) of Christopher Columbus as a byproduct of the Columbian exchange, while the other proposes that ...

  9. Cultural depictions of tuberculosis - Wikipedia

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    Edvard Munch, The Sick Child, 1885–86, depicts the illness of his sister Sophie, who died of tuberculosis when Edvard was 14; his mother too died of the disease. [1] Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo Through its effect on the world's population and major artists in various fields, tuberculosis has appeared in many forms in human culture.