activity Maria Camila Parra Tobon

bubonic plague book

This book talks about the bubonic plague that is caused by a lick bacteria Yersinia pestis in which inflammation of infected ganglia in sexual organs and eyes predominates.
Plague symptoms appear suddenly days after exposure to the bacteria. Symptoms include:

Cold symptoms.
General feeling of discomfort.
Fever (39 ° C; 102 ° F).
Muscle cramps. 8
Inflammation of the lymph nodes, mainly those located in the groin, armpits and neck.
Pain can occur before swelling appears.
Limbs such as toes, hands, lips, and the tip of the nose begin to gangrene.9
Other symptoms are choking sensation, vomiting blood (hematemesis), pain in the extremities, and cough. Additional symptoms may include extreme fatigue, gastrointestinal problems, delirium, and coma.
this information is also mixed from other pages to complement the information in the book
other data that show us in the book are about some approximate figures on deaths in each place where the plague came

Historians estimate that the plague killed as many as 50 million people between 1346 and 1353. One historian at the time wrote,so many died that all believed it was the end of the World.

The last major plague epidemic in Western Europe happened in 1720. It pread through france.more tan 39.000 people died.th plague then hit moscow,Russia,in late 1770.Some historians estimate that about 200.000 people died from this epidemic.

Bubonic plague is an infection in the lymphatic system caused by the bite of an infected flea, Xenopsylla cheopis (the rat flea). The flea is a parasite in house and field rats, looking for another prey when the rodent it lives in dies.