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(Encyclopedia)plague, any contagious, malignant, epidemic disease, in particular the bubonic plague and the black plague (or Black Death), both forms of the same infection. These acute febrile diseases are caused b...bubonic plague
(Encyclopedia)bubonic plague: see plague.cattle plague
(Encyclopedia)cattle plague: see rinderpest.plagues of Egypt
(Encyclopedia)plagues of Egypt, in the Bible, the plagues and other troubles brought on Egypt by God through the hands of Moses, because Pharaoh would not let the people of Israel go out of Egypt. The account, in t...Black Death
(Encyclopedia)Black Death: see plague.eau de Cologne
(Encyclopedia)eau de Cologne ō də kəlōnˈ [key], dilute perfume [commonly called cologne in English] introduced c.1709 in Cologne, Germany, by Jean Marie Farina. It was probably a modification of a popular form...Clement VI, pope
(Encyclopedia)Clement VI, 1291–1352, pope (1342–52), a Frenchman named Pierre Roger; successor of Benedict XII. His court was at Avignon. He had been archbishop of Sens, archbishop of Rouen, and cardinal (1338)...Kibroth-hattaavah
(Encyclopedia)Kibroth-hattaavah kĭbˈrŏth-hătāˈāvə [key], in the Bible, unidentified desert camp. There the Israelites were punished with a plague. ...Haffkine, Waldemar Mordecai Wolff
(Encyclopedia)Haffkine, Waldemar Mordecai Wolff, 1860–1930, Ukrainian microbiologist, b. Odessa, Russia (now in Ukraine). After studying (1879–83) at the Univ. of Odessa with the microbiologist Ilya Mechnikov, ...Chapra
(Encyclopedia)Chapra chäˈprə [key], city, Bihar state, NE India, on the Ghaghara River near its junction...Browse by Subject
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