Welcome to the Steemit Digest issue # 8: Your daily dose of Steemians'-shared knowledge.
Steemit Digest is a reference work for finding daily interesting topics as seen only here in Steemit as it's created to brag the gem of our authors in different topics, whether it's undervalued or trending. This blog promotes good content in this platform.
Here are the entries for today's issue:
Author's Entry
Bubonic Plague
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Bubonic plague derives its name from the change which it causes in the human body and from the fact that it tends to strike large numbers of the population at one time. Bubonic means a swelling of a certain glands in the body. The disease is very contagious.
The disease is spread by a flea which has been living on an infected rat. The cause of the disease is a short, rod-shaped bacterium with rounded ends called the Bacillus pestis. When a person becomes infected, a painful swelling of the glands is found in the groin, armpit, neck, or even inside the chest, in which case pneumonia develops. These rounded swellings vary from the size of a walnut to that of a goose egg. They can become so swollen that they burst and become open sores. Black and blue spots sometimes found on the body gave rise, in the early days, to the term Black Death.
A bubonic plague art.
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Actually these spots marked the bite of the flea carrying the disease from rat to man. The victim of bubonic plague is very sick. He develops a high temperature in the first, second, and third days. The death rate is high, especially at the height of an epidemic. Prevention is a community problem. Exterminate the rats!
The use of the newly developed antibiotics has cut down the death rate from this disease. For explorers and others who travel in countries where the disease is present, a vaccine made from cultures of the germ has been developed.
Travel
We all know that North Korea is a very repressive country. Our steemit friend @pele23 shares to us this rare footage of the City of Pyongyang and how it wowed myself.
https://steemit.com/photography/@pele23/the-real-face-of-pyongyang-north-korea
Travelers must be aware of these festivals around the world as shared by @sdd. Stunning photos ahead!
https://steemit.com/cn/@sdd/top-ten-tourist-festivals-in-the-world-ahm-10-mhrjanat-syahyh-balaalm
Our Filipina friend @enjieneer shares a great stuff with her tour with the whalesharks in the Philippines.
https://steemit.com/philippines/@enjieneer/an-encounter-with-the-gentle-giant
Science, tips and learning
Wanted to be a better blogger? Maybe you lack of something as our awesome friend @kristinaljfom tells us some tips.
https://steemit.com/life/@kristinaljfom/5-super-tips-to-make-pro-blogging-easy
Know about childhood anxiety as @cabbagepatch writes a very informative article.
https://steemit.com/steemiteducation/@cabbagepatch/childhood-anxiety-the-anxious-child
These interesting activities shared to us by @moelflow also includes some things about Vitamin C that we may not be known.
https://steemit.com/steemiteducation/@moelflow/biology-experiment-how-to-testing-of-vitamin-c-201795t11043660z
Just like @trumpman, we also like seeing weird stuffs, like of these amazing weird creatures. This will surely amaze you as seen on the post's amazing videos.
https://steemit.com/animals/@trumpman/lexias-pardalis-the-caterpillar-that-wanted-to-be-a-peacock
Entertainment
Super nintendo fans please read the great remarks of @gabox regarding this awesome Snes game called Gradius. This game is really hardcore remembering my childhood days.
https://steemit.com/gaming/@gabox/gradius-the-hard-games-of-all-time-2-retro-review
Food
Our Steemit mom @sylviamiller made me so hungry now and wanting to try her simple and delicious recipe.
https://steemit.com/food/@sylviamiller/chicken-fillets-in-garlic-cream-sauce-45min-to-serve
I love vegan superfoods! Let's take a look at this steemit-ironchef entry of @amy-goodrich! Fantastic!
https://steemit.com/steemit-ironchef/@amy-goodrich/steemit-iron-chef-2017-01-pasta-pesto-with-homemade-sun-dried-tomatoes-and-broccoli
Music
Our Steemit traveler and aviator turns out to be a musician. This @olivercuico's openmic entry also has a good message.
https://steemit.com/openmic/@olivercuico/open-mic-week-49-a-song-for-the-hopeless-original-song
And that's it for today's Steemit Digest Issue. Stay tuned for more of awesome entries contents coming from me and my followers. Thank you for reading!
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