![]() ![]() But the Bubonic Plague wasn’t the only manifestation of the plague: the disease presented itself in other forms, including pneumonia (inflammation of the lungs), and septicemia (blood poisoning).ĭaniel Defoe’s A Journal of a Plague Year, written in 1722, is set in 1665, when the Bubonic Plague resurfaced in London. ![]() The adjective bubonic comes from the buboes (inflammatory swellings of lymph glands in the groin and other areas) formed as a characteristic symptom of this disease, which occurs when one is infected with the bacterium Yersinia pestis. Historians tend to apply the term to a specific plague: the Bubonic Plague, also known as the Black Death, responsible for the eradication of anywhere from 30 to 60 percent of the European population in the 14th century. Plague is a term that has not been used lightly. 'Plague' derives via the Middle English 'plage,' from the Latin 'plaga,' meaning “blow.” The Bubonic Plague ![]()
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