The bubonic plague, a horrific disease that took millions of lives, swept across Europe during the 1300’s (“The Black Death”). Understanding the the cause of the bubonic plague, the symptoms and how it spreads was crucial to the end of the outbreak.
The bubonic plague or also called, black death, or black plague is an extremely feared disease (“Bubonic plague”). The bubonic plague is caused by the bacteria Yersinia Pestis (“The Black Death”). This bacteria is named after one of it’s founders Alexandre Yersin (Scogna). The bubonic plague is a disease of the common black rat (“The Black Death”). However, one can recieve the bubonic plague from a bite of an infected flea (Vyas).
The first outbreak of the bubonic palgue has been recorded around …show more content…
Each of these variations have different symptoms. After two to five days of exposure to the bacteria, symptoms appear suddenly (Vyas). One of the first signs of the bubonic plague are aching limbs (Dowling). Although, a bubo, a hard, painful, swollen lymph node that turns black and fills with blood and pus sometimes causing it to burst is the best known symptom of bubonic plague (“The Black Death”). Other sypmtoms include shivering, vomitting, headache, intolerance to light, back pain, and a white coating on the tongue (“Bubonic plague”). The bubonic plague also causes internal bleeding which leads to black patches on the skin (“Bubonic …show more content…
Also, streptomycin, gentamicin, doxycycline, or ciprofloxacin are all antiboitics used to treat the bubonic plague. Blood culture, culture of lymph node aspirate, and sputum culture are varoius exams that can be done (Vyas). The end of the black death was also likely caused by the institution of proper hygiene (“How the Black Death Came to an End”). Although, bathing in human urine, wearing feces, and drinking concoctions of molten gold and crushed emeralds were all treatments used in the fourteen hundreds. There are also many theories as to how the bubonic plague came to an end. Quarantine is amongst the theories of how the bubonic plague ended (“How the Black Death Came to an End). Also, to drive the plague out of a city or village people made loud noises (“How the Black Death Came to an End”). However, “The most extreme response to the terror of the plague was the scapegoating of the Jews, who were rumored to have poisend communal wells to spread disease” (“The
The bubonic plague or also called, black death, or black plague is an extremely feared disease (“Bubonic plague”). The bubonic plague is caused by the bacteria Yersinia Pestis (“The Black Death”). This bacteria is named after one of it’s founders Alexandre Yersin (Scogna). The bubonic plague is a disease of the common black rat (“The Black Death”). However, one can recieve the bubonic plague from a bite of an infected flea (Vyas).
The first outbreak of the bubonic palgue has been recorded around …show more content…
Each of these variations have different symptoms. After two to five days of exposure to the bacteria, symptoms appear suddenly (Vyas). One of the first signs of the bubonic plague are aching limbs (Dowling). Although, a bubo, a hard, painful, swollen lymph node that turns black and fills with blood and pus sometimes causing it to burst is the best known symptom of bubonic plague (“The Black Death”). Other sypmtoms include shivering, vomitting, headache, intolerance to light, back pain, and a white coating on the tongue (“Bubonic plague”). The bubonic plague also causes internal bleeding which leads to black patches on the skin (“Bubonic …show more content…
Also, streptomycin, gentamicin, doxycycline, or ciprofloxacin are all antiboitics used to treat the bubonic plague. Blood culture, culture of lymph node aspirate, and sputum culture are varoius exams that can be done (Vyas). The end of the black death was also likely caused by the institution of proper hygiene (“How the Black Death Came to an End”). Although, bathing in human urine, wearing feces, and drinking concoctions of molten gold and crushed emeralds were all treatments used in the fourteen hundreds. There are also many theories as to how the bubonic plague came to an end. Quarantine is amongst the theories of how the bubonic plague ended (“How the Black Death Came to an End). Also, to drive the plague out of a city or village people made loud noises (“How the Black Death Came to an End”). However, “The most extreme response to the terror of the plague was the scapegoating of the Jews, who were rumored to have poisend communal wells to spread disease” (“The