That, however, is but the first of at least five works of his that are accountable as sf. The others include his penultimate play, Bílá nemoc (“The White Plague, or Sickness, or Disease,” 1937). Čapek ...

Grant. Also known as the "white plague," tuberculosis is a contagious, airborne bacterial disease transmitted through coughing, sneezing, and talking. Even singing or laughing at close range can ...

Medical diseases have existed since ancient times. We've read about the horrors of the bubonic plague in history lessons, but ...

I've been caring for patients of this horrible plague these last few months. Many other doctors have fled the city for fear of catching the disease, but it seems it is everywhere. A French doctor ...

They were also frightened because the disease was very painful and it affected rich and poor people alike. Medical professionals at the time could not correctly explain the cause of the plague.

The plague seems like a disease of a distant century, conjuring up the rat-infested cities of medieval Europe. The word that terrified whole regions of the Earth is now commonly used in its ...

The bite of rat-borne fleas infected with the bubonic plague has been blamed for disease transmission during the medieval pandemic Rats were not to blame for the spread of plague during the Black ...

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A suspected outbreak of a deadly disease has killed dozens of ... Environment Agency A large number of white-clawed crayfish have died The plague, which is a mould, comes from the American signal ...