A disease is 'a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment'. Six examples of diseases are; -Cancer -Meningococcal Disease -Hepatitis B -Hepatitis A -Hepatitis C -Black Death These can be transmitted by touch, saliva, air (breath), and other senses. People were likely to suffer early death in …showed first 75 words of 880 total…

…showed last 75 words of 880 total…the execution of thousands of folk healers who were so skilled that they were thought to have a pact with the devil. Some modern epidemics are; Foot and Mouth Disease, and AIDS (in most 3rd world countries).Since the medieval times, we have learnt lots about the control of diseases. If someone is diagnosed with a contagious disease, they are quarantined and do not come in direct contact with anyone until there are fully recovered.