Transcript THE BUBOnIC PLAGUE OF THE MIDDLE AGES

THE BUBOnIC
PLAGUE OF THE
MIDDLE AGES
By: Josh B.
and Kaylee W.
Core: 1
How Did it Get its Name?
• Got its name from buboes which is where
it gets infected
Who Discovered the Plague?
• A French scientist
named Alexandre
Yersin discovered it
Alexandre Yersin pictured above
When Was it Discovered?
• It was discovered in 1884
What is it Known As Today?
• Now known as the Black Death (Bacterium
Yersinia Pestis)
Where Was it First Discovered?
• It was first identified in Hong Kong, China
How Did The Bubonic Plague
Start?
• Started as a minor plague in China
What Mainly Carries it?
• Mainly oriental rat fleas carried on the
backs of Black Rats
What Was it Caused By and How
Did it Spread?
• The Bubonic
Plague was
spread by rodents
What is it Caused By?
• Caused by Bacterium Yersinia Pestis
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
Interesting Facts of the Bubonic
Plague
• Bacteria flourishes in
rural areas
What Did the Doctors Think?
• many doctors thought that bad smells
would get rid of the plague such as dung
Were There Other Things Doctors
Thought Would Cure it?
• There were others that were more likely to
spread infection than cure it
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.
When Did the First Named Victims
Die?
• the first victims that we have names for
died in 1338 and 1339.
Fast Fact #1
• Then wiped out a third of the Chinese
population
Fast Fact #2
• Has 1,000 to 2,000 annual cases
Fast Fact #3
• we use the term black death now but then
it was called the pestilence or the great
mortality
Fast Fact #4
• the plague continued ended in 1351AD
coming back to Europe even after it
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
Fast Fact #6
• almost no one suspected rats or fleas
which were there in abundance
Review Question One
• Who first discovered the Bubonic Plague?
• Alexandre Yersin
Review Question Two
• How many cases are reported of the Black
Death annually?
• 1,000 to 2,000 cases annually
Review Question Three
• There are two other types of the plague.
What are they?
• Pneumonic and Septicemic plague
Review Question Four
• About how much of the Chinese
population was wiped by the Bubonic
Plague?
• About one third of the population
Review Question Five
• What year did Alexandre Yersin discover
the Bubonic Plague?
• In 1884
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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1. 1346
2. 1347
3. Mid 1348
4. End 1348
5. Mid 1349
6. End 1349
7. 1350
8. c.1351
9. c.1353
10. Low incidence
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