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Table of Contents

Section One: The Facts

Section Two: The Causes

Section Three: Protection/Prevention

Section Four: Treatment

Section Five: Map

Section Six: Impact

Section One:

The Facts

The Black Death was a title given to
an outbreak of the bubonic and
pneumonic plague in Europe during
the Middle Ages. What was the Black Death?

What were the symptoms?If you experience an painful headache
and then the chills, you should be
worried. Following these 2 symptoms,
you will experience:

NAUSEA, VOMITING, and
SEVERE BODY PAINS Then within a day or two, large
MASSES or SWELLINGS
appear on your:NECK, ARMPITS & GROIN.

These people
are toast.

Symptoms (continued)Soon after appearing, the swellings
would turn a purplish/black color,
then split open and ooze pus and blood.

Eventually blood pools around your
body, forming discolorations of the
skin. Finally, there will be blood in
your poop and urine and then you
will DIE.Symptoms (continued)

Your Chances of SurvivalSorry to tell you this, but your chance
of contracting the disease during your
travels are 1 in 3 people.

How Many People Died From It?About 25 million people died
from it.

OMG!

Section Two:

The Causes

What Caused the Plague in
the Middle Ages?Believe it or not, the plague originated
in Asia. Rats, carried the bacteria and
fleas, which traveled on the rats and fed
off of their blood would bite humans.

Causes ContinuedAs trade with Asia increased following
the Crusades, the ships that brought
goods from the Near East, also brought
the rats, which traveled with the goods.

Section Three:

Prevention

Medieval PreventionDo not bathe! The pores on your skin
may open up and allow the disease to
come in!If you do have to bathe, please do
so in a mixture of vinegar and rose
water. Or try your own urine.