The Black Death
By Chase Britt
If you have these symtoms go see a doctor
You will have flu symptoms such as fever, headache, chills, weakness and swollen tender lymph glands. There be black lumps on your skin called buboes
It is continuing to spread through out europe
The plague has spread from Messina to Paris, Bordeaux, Lyon, and London, no long afterwards it had spread to Marseilles in France.
There has been millions of deaths it has killed off 60% of the people in Europe
The Casualties
This symbolizes the amount of people killed because of the plague. 75-150 million people died just from the Black Death
The Vector
This is how the Black Death spread. Which was by rats and fleas and other pests
The Strain
This is the strain of bacteria of the black death
The Black Death arrived in Europe by sea in October 1347 When Genuese ships Docked at a sicilian port, The Black Death ended in 1350
How the Black Death is treated
In the 1300's the Black Death was treated by bleeding, cutting the buboes, and by vinegar and water.
The only real cure for The Black Death is penicillin