Plague Presentation

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Black Death

the plague of 1300

Index

What is it?

Symptoms & treatment

Timeline

Video

Data

Sitography

What is it?

Plague is an infectious disease of bacterial origin, which is transmitted from mouse fleas to humans. The term pestilence or plague comes from the Latin pestis, "destruction, great disease". The plague can be of three types bubonic, septicaemic and pulmonary.

Flagellants

Historcal period

the traditional authorities (both civil and ecclesiastical) were accused of being the reason for the plague. Many peasants were dead, many towns and villages abandoned, this led to a climate of tension. In particular the flagellants were a religious organization that moving from city to city, flogged and asked sinners to ask forgiveness from God. This led to an increase in plague cases and the release of the plague.

in addition the movement of the flagellants were often related as persecutors of Jews

Symptomt & "Treatment"

bubonic

Bubo it indicates the swelling of the skin generally edematous and swollen

bloodletting

Leeches were a very effective treatment but also very expensive so not much used

fever

"cream"

the cream was made of resin, carnation roots and human excrement

the fever could go from 38° to 41°

Bruises

the bruises have given the name to the black plague

quarantine of infected houses

Timeline

Plague of Athense

480 BC

165-180

plague of Antonio

caesar plague

541-542

Plague of 1300

1300

the plague comes to Europee

1347-1348

1347-XVIII

the plague does not disappear but returns cyclically

1855

third wave of plague

1894

Alexander Yersin discovers bacillus (Yersinia pestis) and finds a vaccine

There are still plague cases in the world (except in Oceania and Europe)

Today

Video of the plague doctors

charts yesterday and today

Sitography

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