What was the Black Death, and how did it cause the death of so many people?
The black death was very dangerous and contagious and destroyed 2/3's of Europe's population and it killed people in a strange manner. People who weren't affected went crazy in fear of catching it and the people who caught it usually died within 7 days. In those times doctors were not very advanced and they mostly believed in superstition, so 70% of people who caught it died. It was slow and painful. This was very dangerous as it spread all over the world and many people were at risk of catching it. The people who didn't catch it were very few and were very lucky. The Black Death was so dangerous that even kings and the people of the highest positions were in danger of catching it. Nothing could stop it and nothing could stop it spreading. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_was_the_Black_Death
There are 3 types of plague:
Bubonic plague, the disease's most common form, refers to telltale buboes—painfully swollen lymph nodes—that appear around the groin, armpit, or neck.
Septicemic plague, which spreads in the bloodstream, comes either via fleas or from contact with plague-infected body matter.
Pneumonic plague, the most infectious type, is an advanced stage of bubonic plague when the disease starts being passed directly, person to person, through airborne droplets coughed from the lungs. If left untreated, bubonic plague kills about 50 percent of those it infects. The other two forms are almost invariably fatal without antibiotics.
Bubonic plague, the disease's most common form, refers to telltale buboes—painfully swollen lymph nodes—that appear around the groin, armpit, or neck.
Septicemic plague, which spreads in the bloodstream, comes either via fleas or from contact with plague-infected body matter.
Pneumonic plague, the most infectious type, is an advanced stage of bubonic plague when the disease starts being passed directly, person to person, through airborne droplets coughed from the lungs. If left untreated, bubonic plague kills about 50 percent of those it infects. The other two forms are almost invariably fatal without antibiotics.
Image 1: Black Death
This is a secondary source. The image shows us how the disease looked like, people suffered from it because they had no choice. The disease spread very quickly through out Europe.
This is a secondary source. The image shows us how the disease looked like, people suffered from it because they had no choice. The disease spread very quickly through out Europe.
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