bubonic
Flea-transmitted medieval scourge
Bubonic describes a form of plague characterized by swollen, inflamed lymph nodes called buboes, typically in the groin, armpit, or neck.
The bubonic plague, caused by the bacterium *Yersinia pestis* and transmitted by flea bites, killed tens of millions in medieval Europe as the Black Death.
Bubonic plague cases still occur in parts of the American Southwest.
Medieval bubonic plague pandemic
- pestilenceFatal epidemic disease
- Yersinia pestisBacterium causing plague
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
pandemic · contagion · mortality · quarantine · infection · disease · fever · chills
Years 1301-1400
- FlorenceTuscan capital city
- LondonEngland's capital city
- Great PlagueDevastating London epidemic, 1665
- MarseilleMajor southern French seaport
depopulation · social upheaval · labor shortage · economic collapse · religious fervor · persecution · scapegoating · chronicle
Epidemic-treating masked physician
- miasmaHarmful atmospheric emanation
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- flagellantsThose who whip themselves
- leechesBlood-drinking segmented worms
bloodletting · humors · apothecary · poultice · lazaretto · charnel house · bring out your dead · plague mask
Black Death
Medieval bubonic plague pandemic
- pestilenceFatal epidemic disease
- Yersinia pestisBacterium causing plague
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
outbreak · pandemic · contagion · mortality · quarantine · infection · disease · fever · chills · septicemia
fourteenth century
Years 1301-1400
- FlorenceTuscan capital city
- LondonEngland's capital city
- Great PlagueDevastating London epidemic, 1665
Marseille · depopulation · social upheaval · labor shortage · economic collapse · religious fervor · persecution · scapegoating · chronicle · Boccaccio
plague doctor
Epidemic-treating masked physician
- miasmaHarmful atmospheric emanation
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- flagellantsThose who whip themselves
leeches · bloodletting · humors · apothecary · poultice · lazaretto · charnel house · bring out your dead · plague mask · pomander
rats
Long-tailed urban pests
reservoir · vermin · infestation · rodents · bite · transmission · carrier · host · marmots · prairie dogs
buboes
Inflamed lymph node enlargements
- swollenAbnormally enlarged
- lymph nodesImmune system filters
- glandsSecreting organs
inflammation · groin · armpit · neck · tender · painful · abscess · pus · rupture · lancing
bubonicairborne
Traveling through air
pneumonic · respiratory · septicemic · waterborne · foodborne
- bubonic plagueYersinia pestis infection