Bubonic plague

There are many thoughts on how the Bubonic Plague was spread. The bubonic plague, also known as the Black Death, occurred during the fourteenth century. The bubonic plague originated in China in 1334 and made its way to Britain by 1348. The bubonic plague was an infection of the lymph nodes in the whole body of the person who was sick. At the time of the plague, no one knew what it was or how it was being spread. “Patients develop sudden onset of fever, headache, chills, and weakness and one or more swollen, tender and painful lymph nodes (called buboes)” (CDC-Symptoms). The bubonic plague is also known as a killer because of how many people the disease was able to kill in such a short time through fleas that were on rats. The bubonic plague killed over twenty-five million people in China and Europe. The bubonic plague got its name from the purplish-black spots that it…

The term “Black Death” is recent. During the plague it was called the Great Morality or the pestilence. The bubonic plague is a disease that is non-native to Europe and is passed from rodents and fleas. Outbreaks of the plague started as early as 430 B.C in Athens, Greece. Despite the bubonic plague killing 30 to 60 percent of the population there was a silver lining to its dark cloud, it caused advancements in medicine, hygiene and also lots of job openings. The bubonic plague was a terrible…

of weather and famine which lead to the greatest plague of all time. This plague was known as the “Bubonic Plague”, an epidemic that was soon to be spread from Asia…

paper on The Bubonic Plague Around 1339 in northeastern Europe, the food supply began to slowly run out. Winters were down to the negatives and the summers were in the one-hundreds. Due to this outrages weather, farms were starting to become vacant and crops weren’t growing. Famine broke out, and people started to go ballistic. Several years of this went on before what people called “The Black Death” came around killing millions. The Black Death was another name for the Bubonic Plague. The…

An epidemic disease causing a high rate or mortality. A virulent contagious febrile disease that is caused by a bacterium. A sudden unwelcome outbreak. (Cite this) All 3 of these sentences are definitions of Plague. The Bubonic Plague is a monumental example of Plague. “The medieval black plague that ravaged Europe and killed a third of its population…transmitted to humans from infected rats by the oriental rat flea. In 14th century Europe, the victims of the black plague had bleeding below the…

times during the existence of the Bubonic Plague. What is a disease? A disease is well known to be detrimental to your health and deadly. A disease like the Bubonic Plague can wipe out a portion of a society. People during this grotesque disease tried to eat nutritional food and to stay hygienic to prevent getting the plague. Other diseases were also a threat like dysentery, Gangrenous, gonorrhea, and influenza (labelle.org). These diseases were not as widely spread or as deadly as the plague.…

Did you know that 4.8 million people died in France, from the Bubonic plague? The Bubonic plague has deadly symptoms. The plague spread throughout Europe. The plague started in 1347. The bubonic plague is very devestating. In document 1 it states the the plague spread by rodents and fleas. The plague also spread by trade routes. This plague kept spreading and spreading killing multiple people. The Bubonic plague started approximately around 1347. The plague took 2 years to spread. In…

different infectious diseases. The bubonic plague was one that I personally found very interesting because it’s something that I have always learned about in grade school. I always found it interesting, but we were never taught about it in depth. I was really excited to take this course for many reasons. Learning in depth about the bubonic plague was one of those reasons. The lesson on the bubonic plague was what intriguing and really fun to learn about because I learned about more than just the…

The Black Death, the bubonic plague, those are two names for the same disaster, one of the worst in recorded history, killing between 1/3 and 1/2 of the population of England, not to mention all the people killed in Asia and Africa. The name bubonic plague is a misconception, there were actually three forms of plague: the Bubonic, the Pnuemonic, and the Septicemic plagues, and they were all caused by the same germ, Yersinia Pestis. Yersinia Pestis, once called Pasteurella pestis1, "is a…

The Bubonic Plague has traveled around the world throughout the centuries. Some of its worst effects were shown in England dating back to the early 1300’s. People did all they could to help the victims and to control the spreading of the illness. Their efforts were admired but proven to not always be effective. There was only so much they could do. Victims were expected to die within 2-4 days of infection (Bubonic). Many people’s lives were entirely changed and they were forced to leave the only…