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• plague-stricken — plagueˈ stricken adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑plague …   Useful english dictionary

• Plague (disease) — Plague is a deadly infectious disease caused by the enterobacteria Yersinia pestis (Pasteurella pestis) . Plague is a zoonotic, primarily carried by rodents (most notably rats) and spread to humans via fleas. Plague is notorious throughout… …   Wikipedia

• plague-strick|en — «PLAYG STRIHK uhn», adjective. stricken with a plague or pestilence …   Useful english dictionary

• Plague of Justinian — The Plague of Justinian was a pandemic that afflicted the Byzantine Empire, including its capital Constantinople, in the years 541–542 AD. The most commonly accepted cause of the pandemic is bubonic plague, which later became infamous for either… …   Wikipedia

• Bonaparte Visiting the Plague-Victims of Jaffa — Infobox Painting painting alignment = image size =450px title =Bonaparte visitant les pestiférés de Jaffa other language 1 = other title 1 = other language 2 = other title 2 = artist =Antoine Jean Gros year =1804 type =Oil on canvas height =532… …   Wikipedia

• The Plague — infobox Book | name = The Plague title orig = La Peste translator = image caption = author = Albert Camus cover artist = country = France (Algeria) language = French genre = Existentialist novel, Absurdist fiction publisher = Librairie Gallimard… …   Wikipedia

• Dancing Plague of 1518 — Engraving of Hendrik Hondius portrays three women affected by the plague. Work based on original drawing by Peter Brueghel, who supposedly witnessed a subsequent outbreak in 1564 in Flanders The Dancing Plague (or Dance Epidemic) of 1518 was a… …   Wikipedia

• Great Plague of 1738 — The Great Plague of 1738 was an outbreak of the bubonic plague between 1738 1740 that affected areas in the modern nations of Romania, Hungary, Ukraine, Serbia, Croatia, and Austria. Although no exact figure is available, the epidemic likely… …   Wikipedia

• 1994 Surat plague scare — occurred Indian city of Surat in Gujarat in 1994 after about 60 people died from unknown disease .Fear stricken residents fled the city. Some countries screened the passengers from India for plague before allowing them in. External links *… …   Wikipedia

• St. Roch —     St. Roch     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Roch     Born at Montpellier towards 1295; died 1327. His father was governor of that city. At his birth St. Roch is said to have been found miraculously marked on the breast with a red cross.… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Alexians — The Alexians, Alexian Brothers or Cellites are a Catholic religious institute or congregation specifically devoted to caring for the sick which has its origin in Europe at the time of the Black Death. The order follows the Augustinian rule.… …   Wikipedia