In 1665, on the back of a rat, the plague arrived in London. Little did people know that this would soon wipe out a third of their population. The plague was caused by a flea; inside that flea lived bacteria called yersinia pestis. There were three types of plague, each killing people in vicious ways.
In 1665, on the back of a rat, the plague arrived in London. Little did people know that this would soon wipe out a third of their population. The plague was caused by a flea; inside that flea lived bacteria called yersinia pestis. There were three types of plague, each killing people in vicious ways.
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In 1665, on the back of a rat, the plague arrived in London. Little did people know that this would soon wipe out a third of their population. The plague was caused by a flea; inside that flea lived bacteria called yersinia pestis. There were three types of plague, each killing people in vicious ways.
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deadly dose of spreading of the yersinia pestis. plague was not In 1665, on the The flea was the helped by the fact back of a rat, The main cause of the that London was Black Plague plague but many overcrowded at the arrived in London. other factors time. 75,000 Little did people helped the plague people lived in a know that this spread a lot faster. space no bigger would soon wipe than two square out a third of their miles. In these population. times you could find a dozen On the back of the people sleeping on rat lived a flea; the same floor of inside that flea one room and in Magnified picture of flea lived bacteria many urban called yersinia houses even the pestis. Once the In the 1600’s it was animals would flea that is infected common practice share the house with the bacteria for people to dump with residents. fed on an animal, their waste in the the bacteria street in a large Once someone entered the fleas’ gutter which would had caught the bloodstream and it carry it to the plague, there were multiplied inside its Thames River. three types of body. This blocked Blockages of these black plague they its oesophagus gutters were could have, each making it frequent. When the killing people in extremely thirsty. plague arrived this vicious ways. The This caused the filth just helped the most common form flea to bite black plague of plague was continuously to spread faster. known as the quench its thirst. Bodies were also bubonic plague. But each animal dumped in the The symptoms the flea fed on, it waste and carried were enlarged passed the the plague right buboes around the bacteria onto the through the town armpits, neck or groin, depending 2 on where they had breathing in the been bitten. Symptoms plague. The Regardless of included sputum symptoms took 1-7 where the buboes tinted blood, days to appear. develop they sputum is saliva The rarest form of varied in size, from mixed with mucus the plague was the the size of an coming from the septicemic plague. almond to the size respiratory system. Everyone who of an orange. They caught this form of ‘..Would were extremely the plague had no soon wipe painful and chance of survival. out a third sometimes known The symptoms of their to make strange were a high fever population’ gurgling noises. and skin turned Victims suffered deep shades of from headaches, As the victim got purple. Victims nausea, aching closer to death the would usually die joints, fever and sputum became the same day that vomiting. Once free flowing and the symptoms they were infected, bright red. appeared. the symptoms took This form of plague 1-7 days to was spread by By Chantelle Blakeley appear. The victims coughing second most and other people commonly seen form of the plague Victims covered in buboes was the pneumonic plague. This was less common than the bubonic plague because the victims usually died before they could go anywhere else as there was inefficiency of transportation. The pneumonic plague 3 attacked the lungs.