London's Plague
What caused the Plague of London
stinky rat
How did she get sick
She touched dead sick rat
Who discovered the Plague's bacteria.
Alexandre Yersin
Are the Bills accurate
Not really
How did the Plague of London end
The Great Fire of London
How did Good woman Phillips officially die
She was bled
What was the original theory about the spread of plague
Miasma
Why aren't the Bills of Mortality accurate
They only recorded people who followed the church of England, and most Clerks and searchers had no medical bckground
What is the bacteria that spread the Plague
Yersinia Pestis
Why did she get sick
She didn't wash her hands
Who challenged the Miasma theory
John Snow
Who made the Bills
The Bills were made by James I telling Parish Clerks to write them
Recorded amount of deaths
68,596
How did her neighbors and family react to her sickness
They were scared to go near her
Who used the Bills of Mortality to study the Plague's kill count
John Graunt
When was the first Bill written
November 1532
What are the symptoms of the Great Plague
Headaches, vomiting and fever
What year did Goodwoman Phillips die
1664
How did Yersin discover the plague
He found similar bacteria in dead rats in human tissue.
When was the last surviving bill made
September 1858