1. The Bubonic Plague AKA. Black Death
By: Dustin Coldwell

2. The Bacteria! The disease was caused by Yersinia pestis.
Bacillus ( rod shaped ).
Affects humans and animals.
It is found in wild rodents: rats, mice, squirrels, etc.
Transmitted from a bite, fleas, or inhaling it.
It doesn't take long for the bacteria to kill, most untreated patients will die within 48 hours.

3. Symptoms of Black Death
The symptoms of the bubonic plague include:
Chills
Fevers
Coughing
Rapid pulse
Low blood pressure
Enlarged lymph nodes (common in the groin)

4. Effects of Black Death The effects are:
Your lymph nodes will get very swollen and tender
Your skin becomes red
The death rate is 60% for untreated victims, caused by sepsis.

5. Treat this By First you should be hospitalized.
There are then antibiotics for you to take.
The antibiotics are called:
Gentamycic
Streptomycic

6. Where in the World?? In the middle ages it was found in Europe
Killed a third of the population
Today it can be anywhere, but it is a lot more rare then it was in the middle ages

7. Interesting Information
The medieval people made up a rhyme for the Bubonic Plague.
“Ring around the rosy, pocket full of posy, ashes ashes, we all fall down.”
The rosy rings are the swollen lymph nodes
Pocket full of posy is, people would put herbs in there pockets as a treatment method
Ashes, ashes was for the burning fever
We all fall down was then people died

8. Pictures

9. Bibliography http://biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/bio106/bact-dis.htm
Pictures from Google

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