ENVS 1000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: John Graunt

• School: York University
• Department: Environmental Studies
• Course: ENVS 1000
• Professor: Peter Timmerman

Document Summary

The black death: plague in the 13th century, attacked lymph nodes and the infected person died within. 1593: shakespere fled the plague to write more plays. He wrote romeo and juliet (influenced by the plague) plague on both your homes . Usually, in a plague, animals die off first: cats, dots, rats etc. John graunt creator of modern day" statistics. We developed and knew how to deal with it by then. What makes epidemics work, is the concentration of people or animals.