History
When did it start?
1346
What is the first symptom you’ll experience?
Swelling/buboes appears in the victims armpits and groin (the size of an egg).
What’s another name for it?
Black plague, Black death
What percentage of the population of Europe was eradicated by the Black Plague?
30-50% of the entire population of Europe
How did the Bubonic Palgue Stop?
Quarantines
What’s the second symptoms you’ll experience?
Vomiting and fever.
What did the doctors wear?
Doctors masks (Bird beak mask) and trench coats
What was the mortality rate of the Bubonic Plague?
30-75%
Where did it start?
Central Asia
What’s the third symptoms you’ll experience?
Bleeding under the skin causing dark blotches all over the body.
What’s the closest related disease in modern day to the plague?
Inflammatory bowel disease Crohns
What was the medicine used to “treat” the Bubonic Plague?
There was no known remedy, but many people would try to seek out medicines.
How many people died?
Between 75 and 200 million
What’s the fourth thing you’ll experience?
Disease attacks the nervous symptom causing the victim to suffer spasms and terrible pain.
What are the three types of plague?
Bubonic, Pneumonic, Septicaemic
How fast did the Bubonic Plague Spread?
1.5 to 6 kilometres per day
How did the Bubonic Plague Start?
A ship containing sailors and rats infected with the Bubonic Plague sailed over from Crimean Peninsula and docked in Asia. Which spread to those living in Asia
What’s the last symptoms experienced?
The buboes may burst and a foul smelling black liquid oozes from the open wound.
What nursery rhyme is about the plague and how are they connected?
Ring around the Rosie, people put flowers in their pockets to mask the rotting smell.
What is the name of the bacteria that causes the Bubonic Plague?
Yersinia pestis