The plague killed more than 25 million people around the world. The plague had lots of causes and effects. Most people in Europe experienced The Black Death. The plague’s cause sparked scientists all over the world. Scientists found bacteria to be one of the causes of The Black Death. The bacterium was called Yersinia pestis (Dobson 8). The bacterium circulated among rodents (Benedictow). This bacterium was once harmless, but evolved to kill thousands of people (“Researchers” O6a). Scientists later realized that rats and fleas also had to do with the spreading of the disease. The bacterium travels from rats to fleas (Dobson 10). The fleas bite the rat and acquire the disease (Dobson 10). The rats die and the fleas travel to humans (“Plague
…show more content…
The plague travels from person to person through the air (“Plague 1”). The collapse of the Roman Empire also caused people to spread the disease (CDC). Trade ships carried the plague from island to island. The plague was brought from Genoese to Sicilian (History.com Staff). Italian ships from Constantinople carried the disease to Mediterranean (Benedictow). Steamships from Asia carried The Black Death after 1900 (CDC). Once the plague takes over; the effects settle in. The plague was an extremely deadly disease to have. A medical symptom of the plague is a swollen lymph node to form buboes (Benedictow). It is then carried to the lungs causing serious coughing (Benedictow). Having the plague lead to high fevers (“Plague 1”). The last medical symptom a person could have was hallucinations and choking on blood (Dobson 12). People thought non-scientific treatments would cure the plague. Some people would whip themselves to remove the diseased blood and keep the safe blood (Dobson 17). Most people that tried this bled out. The public also thought tempering the Lord’s wrath would cure The Black Death (Benedictow). Some people wore a plague-protective suit to protect themselves from the disease (Dobson 16). The plague suit was a costume that looked like a bird. The government also tried curing the plague by quarantining the unhealthy (Dobson
The plague travels from person to person through the air (“Plague 1”). The collapse of the Roman Empire also caused people to spread the disease (CDC). Trade ships carried the plague from island to island. The plague was brought from Genoese to Sicilian (History.com Staff). Italian ships from Constantinople carried the disease to Mediterranean (Benedictow). Steamships from Asia carried The Black Death after 1900 (CDC). Once the plague takes over; the effects settle in. The plague was an extremely deadly disease to have. A medical symptom of the plague is a swollen lymph node to form buboes (Benedictow). It is then carried to the lungs causing serious coughing (Benedictow). Having the plague lead to high fevers (“Plague 1”). The last medical symptom a person could have was hallucinations and choking on blood (Dobson 12). People thought non-scientific treatments would cure the plague. Some people would whip themselves to remove the diseased blood and keep the safe blood (Dobson 17). Most people that tried this bled out. The public also thought tempering the Lord’s wrath would cure The Black Death (Benedictow). Some people wore a plague-protective suit to protect themselves from the disease (Dobson 16). The plague suit was a costume that looked like a bird. The government also tried curing the plague by quarantining the unhealthy (Dobson