Cameron White
The Black Plague
The Black Plague was one of the most deadly pandemics in human history. It lasted in Europe from 1347 to 1351. An estimated 75 to 100 million people died, killing 30% to 60% of Europe’s population. It has been seen as creating a series of religious, social, and economic disorder, which had major effects on the course of European history.
The Black Plague is classified into 3 specific types of plague, the bubonic plague, the pneumonic plague, and the septicemic plague. The bubonic plague caused the lymph glands to sell painfully, called buboes. The pneumonic plague involved coughing up blood. The early symptoms included fever, headache, weakness, and rapidly developing pneumonic with shortness of breath, chest pain, and sometimes bloody or watery sputum, The pneumonia progresses for two to four days and might have caused respiratory failure, and shock. Without early treatment, patients would die, some within 24 hours. The pneumonic plague was the most infectious because, it included coughing, which caused person-to-person spreading. The septicemic plague was a deadly blood infection. It spread semi-easily due to the battles and fights, which led to bloodshed. The Black plague was a major epidemic in the medieval world, which caused many horrible and painful deaths.
