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Black Death

Sebastin Gutirrez
Ennio Paolo Torres

Introduction

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Definition of Black Death.


Because itappearedthe Black Death.
Main affected areas.
Demographicimpact of theBlack Death
Symptom
The doctors of theBlack Death
Conclusions

Definition of Black Death.


fever: contagious infectious disease
that causes
high mortality among humans and
animals.
Black Death: Severe form of bubonic
plague that occurs with mucosal
bleeding
and skin.

As was caused?

The accepted theory about the origin


of the plague explains that it
was an outbreak caused by a
variant of the bacterium Yersinia pestis.
It appeared around 1320 in the Gobi
desert and came to China from
1331 to 1334, a year after
floods devastated large extensive regions of
the country.

Main affected areas


Virtually all of the continents of
Europe, Asia and Africa. Except for a few
small areas called Black Death or
bubonic plague was extended.

Demographicimpact of
theBlack Death
killing a third of the continental
population Diane Zahler goes further estimated
that mortality exceeded half, perhaps 60%
of Europeans or what is the same,
would have killed 50 of the 80
million European citizens.

Demographicimpact of
theBlack Death
It is estimated that it was
the cause of death of about
50 to 75 million between the first
cases in Mongolia and the
last in the European Russia .
It devastatingly affected Europe, China, India,
Middle East and North Africa.
It did not affect sub-Saharan
Africa or the Americas.

Symptom
The disease manifested itself in England,
armpit or neck, with inflammation of
any of the nodes of the
lymphatic system suppuration accompanied by
high
fevers and chills that caused in sick,
ramps and delirium.

The doctors of theBlack Death

These doctors were not professional with


traditional instruction as other physicians or
surgeons experienced, and in many cases
were second-class doctors who could
not successfully established in the profession
or young doctors who were trying
to make their way.

The doctors of theBlack Death


The protective suit consisted of a
coat of thick oilcloth, a mask
with holes with glass lenses and
a conical beak-shaped nose, which was
filled with aromatic substances and straw.
This thought served as protection for
the evil doctor miasmic air.

Conclusions

the Black Death was a slaughter for countries with


large populations such as the above dimensioned
so not having resources or cure it spread easily
and quite fast, this generated many dead so I was
classified as the most deadly black plague of the
century.

Questions
Black Death bristle few million people hurt?
R: Reportedly they killed 50 of the 80 million people in
different countries
What were the symptoms?
R:The disease manifested itself in English, armpit or
neck, with inflammation of any of the nodes of the
lymphatic system and suppuration accompanied by high
fever
Existed a cure?
R: not the time doctors tried much but came to nothing

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