About
The plague is a disease caused by the bacteria yersinia pestis, affecting humans and other mammals. It can come in various forms, but the most common are the bubonic plague, septicemic plague, and pneumonic plague (CDC, 2021). With symptoms such as fever, headache, chills, weakness, painful buboes, or blackening of the skin and other tissues, the plague can have a “case-fatality ratio of 30% - 100% if left untreated” (WHO, 2021). It has taken many lives throughout history, and even today, infections still occur in rural areas such as the western United States and significantly more in parts of Africa and Asia.
This digital library provides historical resources on the plague in various parts of the world and throughout human history. Its purpose is for the general public interested in learning more about the plague and its history. Materials in this collection have been selected from sources such as Hathi-Trust, Google Books, Europeana, and the Open Library.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2021). Plague. https://www.cdc.gov/plague/index.html
World Health Organization (WHO) (2021). Plague. https://www.who.int/health-topics/plague#tab=tab_1
Disclaimer
This digital library is an educational project of a student from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Library and Information Science Program, class LIS 676 Creating Digital Libraries. All of the content used was purposefully aimed to be under public domain and open access license, and collected from other digital libraries that have explicitly stated such terms of reuse of content.
This digital library was created only to demonstrate the learning objectives of the class. This digital library was under no circumstance intending to breach copyright. If you think we have done so, please get in touch with us ASAP, and we will make sure to remove the questionable content in the shortest possible period.