The Black Death
The Black Death was a catastrophic plague that majorly impacted Medieval Europe from 1346 to 1353. The plague was a combination of three different diseases, all of which had different ways of being transmitted to humans. The first disease was the Bubonic Plague which consisted of ‘buboes’ (pus-filled swellings of the lymph nodes in the groin, under the armpits and on the neck) that appeared on the body of the victim. The second disease was the pneumonic (pulmonary) plague which was a lethal disease that attacks the lungs. The third disease was the septicaemic plague, which attacks the bloodstream by bacteria that rapidly multiply. These result in the victim dying within hours of infection. The plague killed millions of people in Europe and is known today as the worst natural disaster in European history.
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