All 3 Plagues
Myths/Legends
Cures
Origins
100

This is the part of the body that septicemic plague infects first

What is the Bloodstream?

100

This is what the witch-like spirit represented.

What is Death?

100

These were the four humors in medieval medicine.

What are yellow bile, black bile, blood and phlegm?

100

These animals carried the plague.

What is Fleas and Rats?

200

This is what the bubonic plague can develop into if it isn’t treated.

What is The Sepitemic plague?

200

These supernatural figures were believed to heal people and warn others about the plague

What are Saints?

200

This was the practice of removing blood from the body to supposedly treat illness.

What is Blood-letting?

200

This type of the plague effects the Lymph Nodes

What is the Bubonic Plague

300

This is how long it usually takes for symptoms of the bubonic plague to appear.

What is 2-6 days?

300

This Scandinavian legend tells of a witch-like spirit who predicts death during the plague.

What is Pesta?

300

This practice involved whipping or beating the body as a form of punishment or religious penance.

What is flagellation?

300

This is how the plague was brought to Europe from Asia.

What is through trading ships?