1. THE BUBOnIC PLAGUE OF THE MIDDLE AGES
By: Josh B and Kaylee W.
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2. How Did it Get its Name?
Got its name from buboes which is where it gets infected

3. Who Discovered the Plague?
A French scientist named Alexandre Yersin discovered it
Alexandre Yersin pictured above

4. When Was it Discovered?
It was discovered in 1884

5. What is it Known As Today?
Now known as the Black Death (Bacterium Yersinia Pestis)

6. Where Was it First Discovered?
It was first identified in Hong Kong, China

7. How Did The Bubonic Plague Start?
Started as a minor plague in China

8. What Mainly Carries it?
Mainly oriental rat fleas carried on the backs of Black Rats

9. What Was it Caused By and How Did it Spread?
The Bubonic Plague was spread by rodents

10. What is it Caused By?
Caused by Bacterium Yersinia Pestis

11. 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

12. Interesting Facts of the Bubonic Plague
Bacteria flourishes in rural areas

13. What Did the Doctors Think?
many doctors thought that bad smells would get rid of the plague such as dung

14. Were There Other Things Doctors Thought Would Cure it?
There were others that were more likely to spread infection than cure it

15. 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.

16. When Did the First Named Victims Die?
the first victims that we have names for died in 1338 and 1339.

17. Fast Fact #1
Then wiped out a third of the Chinese population

18. Fast Fact #2
Has 1,000 to 2,000 annual cases

19. Fast Fact #3
we use the term black death now but then it was called the pestilence or the great mortality

20. Fast Fact #4
the plague continued ended in 1351AD coming back to Europe even after it

21. 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

22. Fast Fact #6
almost no one suspected rats or fleas which were there in abundance

23. Review Question One Who first discovered the Bubonic Plague?
Alexandre Yersin

24. Review Question Two
How many cases are reported of the Black Death annually?
1,000 to 2,000 cases annually

25. Review Question Three
There are two other types of the plague. What are they?
Pneumonic and Septicemic plague

26. Review Question Four
About how much of the Chinese population was wiped by the Bubonic Plague?
About one third of the population

27. Review Question Five
What year did Alexandre Yersin discover the Bubonic Plague?
In 1884

28. 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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4. End 1348
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6. End 1349
8. c.1351
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