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being observations or memorials of the most remarkable occurrences, as well public as private, which happened in London during the last great visitation in 1665. Written by a Citizen who continued all the while in London. Never made public before BOECKLIN, Arnold The Plague1898 Tempera on wood Background: Though we now know that bubonic plague (invades the lymph nodes and In pneumonic invades the lungs) is caused most frequently from the bite of a rat flea, occasionally through contact with infectious tissues or exudates, and rarely through respiratory droplets, this was unknown at the time. It is worth noting that the plague still exists in parts of the world, including the Western United States where it is considered endemic in western rodents, including ground squirrels. In 1997 a "resistant" strain was discussed in the New England Journal Of Medicine (Multidrug Resistance in Plague) Volume 337 No. 10, Dennis & Hughes). About Daniel Defoe
Journal Of The Plague Year
(1722) |
Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) most famous, perhaps
for his work Robinson Crusoe was the third child and the first son of of
James and Mary Defoe(spelled variously). His father was a fairly well-to-do merchant of
Flemish descent and was apparently a dissenter, that is, Presbyterian. Defoe, Soon
after 1684 married Mary Tuffley, the daughter of a well-to-do dissenting merchant. She
came with a substantial dowry that Defoe lost in a calamitous series of business
failures and bad judgment. A colorful personality, Defoe's life was an adventure in living
on the edge. Though little is known of Mary, his wife, it would appear that
she was loyal to the extreme. She bore Defoe eight children, six of whom lived to
maturity. When Defoe died the couple had been married for 47 years.