THE BUBOnIC PLAGUE OF THE MIDDLE AGES

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THE BUBOnIC PLAGUE OF THE MIDDLE AGES

• By Josh B. and Kaylee W.
• Core 1

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How Did it Get its Name?

• Got its name from buboes which is where it gets
  infected

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Who Discovered the Plague?

• A French scientist named Alexandre Yersin
  discovered it

Alexandre Yersin pictured above
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When Was it Discovered?

• It was discovered in 1884

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What is it Known As Today?

• Now known as the Black Death (Bacterium Yersinia
  Pestis)

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Where Was it First Discovered?

• It was first identified in Hong Kong, China

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How Did The Bubonic Plague Start?

• Started as a minor plague in China

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What Mainly Carries it?

• Mainly oriental rat fleas carried on the backs of
  Black Rats

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What Was it Caused By and How Did it Spread?

• The Bubonic Plague was spread by rodents

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What is it Caused By?

• Caused by Bacterium Yersinia Pestis

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Are There Other Types of the Plague?

• There is the Bubonic, Pneumonic, and Septicemic
  plague

Pictured above are the Pneumonic (left) and the
Septicemic (right) plague
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Interesting Facts of the Bubonic Plague

• Bacteria flourishes in rural areas

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What Did the Doctors Think?

• many doctors thought that bad smells would get
  rid of the plague such as dung

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Were There Other Things Doctors Thought Would
Cure it?

• There were others that were more likely to spread
  infection than cure it

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How Many Did it Kill?

• When the plague came through Europe in 1348 it
  killed 25-60. Some estimates for the death rate
  were as high as 2/3.

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When Did the First Named Victims Die?

• the first victims that we have names for died in
  1338 and 1339.

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Fast Fact 1

• Then wiped out a third of the Chinese population

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Fast Fact 2

• Has 1,000 to 2,000 annual cases

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Fast Fact 3

• we use the term black death now but then it was
  called the pestilence or the great mortality

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Fast Fact 4

• the plague continued ended in 1351ADcoming back
  to Europe even after it

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Fast Fact 5

• Jews were often accused of causing the plague to
  kill Christians even though they were just as
  likely to become infected as Christians

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Fast Fact 6

• almost no one suspected rats or fleas which were
  there in abundance

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Review Question One

• Who first discovered the Bubonic Plague?
• Alexandre Yersin

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Review Question Two

• How many cases are reported of the Black Death
  annually?
• 1,000 to 2,000 cases annually

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Review Question Three

• There are two other types of the plague. What are
  they?
• Pneumonic and Septicemic plague

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Review Question Four

• About how much of the Chinese population was
  wiped by the Bubonic Plague?
• About one third of the population

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Review Question Five

• What year did Alexandre Yersin discover the
  Bubonic Plague?
• In 1884

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Review Question Six

• If we use the term black death now, what term
  did they use then?
• Pestilence or The Great Mortality

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1. 1346 2. 1347 3. Mid 1348 4. End 1348 5. Mid
1349 6. End 1349 7. 1350 8. c.1351 9. c.1353 10.
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