The Bubonic Plague
This was the most common form of the plague.
People had chills and fever, and would develop pus and blood-filled buboes on their lymph nodes.
75% of sufferers would die between 4 to 7 days.
Imagine you are a child during the Middle Ages in a plague-infested town. How would you feel if you or your family suddenly developed buboes?
This is a picture of a girl suffering from bubonic plague. Note the prominent bubo on her neck.
If you survived a bout of the plague, do you think you would be immune?
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