鼠疫是人类疾病史上传染最烈的瘟疫之一。历史上,鼠疫世界性的流行有3次,即6世纪的“查士丁尼瘟疫”;14世纪的“黑死病”;第三次就是1894年始于穗港的腺鼠疫,以香港为传播源,波及32个国家,成为世纪之交的全球瘟疫。1894年初,广州开始出现鼠疫①,5月初,传入香港,成为香港医学史上最引人瞩目的大 Plague is one of the most contagious plagues in human history. Historically, the world epidemic of plague has been three times, that is, the 6th century “Justinian plague”; the 14th century “black death”; the third is the bubonic plague that originated in Sui Harbor in 1894, Using Hong Kong as a source of communication and affecting 32 countries, it has become the global plight of the turn of the century. In early 1894, the plague started to appear in Guangzhou. In early May, it spread into Hong Kong and became the most spectacular place in Hong Kong’s history of medicine