Easy Peasy
What year did the plague epidemic start?
1665
Ring Around The Rosie
Who came up with the Sickly Year Theory?
John Graunt
Who discovered how the plague began?
Jean-Paul Simond
Marilee Peters
What were the Bills of Mortality?
A newspaper containing data on causes of death and burials
Who was the first to isolate the plague bacteria?
Alexander Yersin
What were the boils people broke out in called?
Buboes
Why were the streets empty?
Nobody went out in order to avoid getting the plague.
Where did the plague start out?
London
What did they do to help get the plague out of Goodwoman Philips?
They bled her
To look at the years leading up to the plague in order to determine if his theory was correct
What animal spread the plague?
Rats
What is the name of the theory where sickly years lead up to plague years?
The Sickly Year Theory
Who was Goodwoman Philips?
The first woman to catch the plague in London