1, Black Death
The Black Death is one of the deadliest plagues in human history. Occurred in 1347- 135 1. The Black Death is highly contagious and the mortality rate is extremely high. Under the medical conditions at that time, there were no effective therapeutic drugs, which caused about 50 million people in Europe to be infected. Worldwide, there were 1000 people who died of the Black Death at that time.
2 19 18 influenza epidemic
This is also a worldwide epidemic, which was during the First World War. Together, the two have indeed brought great harm to mankind. At that time, about hundreds of millions of people died of this epidemic.
3. Plague
1855, a plague occurred in Yunnan, China, and it was very contagious. From Yunnan to Guangzhou, Xiamen, Hong Kong and other cities, the number of infected people is very large. At that time,100000 people died of plague in China alone, and India was also infected with plague that year. The combined death toll in India and China can reach tens of millions, which is really unprecedented.
4. The plague in Athens
A serious plague broke out in Athens from 430 BC to 427 BC. Because of the relative backwardness of medicine at that time, there was no effective treatment and no way to block the source of infection. At that time, half of the population in Athens died of plague, which was almost a disaster in Athens.
5, Anthony plague
From 430 BC to 427 BC, a terrible infectious disease broke out in ancient Rome, which was called "Anthony plague". Infected people will have high fever, sore throat, diarrhea and other symptoms, serious skin ulceration, maggot necrosis, which is terrible. The plague also claimed 5 million lives.