Black death history

What is a symptom

This is a sign that you are ill

What are buboes

This is a large bump filled with pus that is sore to touch

What is contagious?

This is when something can spread quickly around an area

what are flagellants

These people would hit themselves with whips to atone for their sins

What is divine retribution

Some People believed the plague was punishment from God

What is leeching

when leeches are placed on someone skin to draw out the blood

What is astronomy?

when people studied the moon and stars to determine why things happen

what is pneumonic?

The name for the other plague that spread with the bubonic

What is Yersinia Prague

this is the flea that carried the black death aboard ships

What is a fever?

when the body increases and temperature to try and kill the sickness

What is a pandemic?

This is when a disease can travel all around the globe and spread

How did the black death Get to Britain

The Black Death entered Europe from rats. It came via Asia and sailors on board ships that were returning from the east

what did people think caused the black death?

• through the air- bad smells

• punishment from god- thought god made people ill for sinning

• blamed certain groups- jews who were thought of causing it

• planets in space were arranged the wrong way-

• having a bath

• being in contact with sick people or being in dirty places

what did people think the cures were for catching the disease

pray

whip themselves

carry herbs to your nostrils at all times

get rid of infected people and don’t let strangers in the village

symptoms of black death (5days)

day 1: painful buboes appeared in the armpits and groin they were are the about the size of an egg to apple

day2: they would vomit and start to have a fever

day3: bleeding under the skin caused dark blotches all over body

day4: disease attacked the nervous system which causes muscular spasms

day5 pos- buboes might burst out a foul smelling black liquid

day5 neg- buboes didn’t pop they could have a painful death

how many days did most people die from the bubonic plague ?

7-10 days

what is the bubonic plague?

spread mostly by fleas and rats who lived on ships. once the rats entered the country the disease would spread causing large boils or buboes dark red or black in colour

What is the pneumonic plague

Spread by sick people but arrived on the same boats as the bubonic plague. sailors passed this on when they came off the boats. people got a heavy fever and a strong cough. this disease attached the lungs making the sneeze and cough blood. it killed most people who got it but it was less common

how many people did it kill worldwide?

75million

when did the black death arrive to europe?

1347 but arrived in the uk in 1349

when did the black death end?

1353