The Worst Epidemics Throughout History

Unknown Causes

Usually, archaeologists and researchers can find a pretty good guess for what the people suffered, but such is not the case with the Plague of Cyprian. The bowels, relaxed into a constant flux, discharge the bodily strength," wrote St. Cyprian in his descriptions, "a fire originated in the marrow ferments into wounds of [an area of the mouth]." Sounds like a  pretty grim fate...

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