The Black Plague/The Black Age

             During 1347-1351 there was something called the black age.
             Hence the name it was about this "black plague." One theory is when
             the world froze over it covered the disease under miles of sands in
             the Gobi Desert, then after so many years and sandstorms it got
             uncovered. You didn't know this, problay thats why I'm here to
             When you hear "the black plague you may like a lot of
             people its just one disease but the truth is it has many diseases,
             Symptoms, and Causes. There were three commonly seen forms of the
             Black Death. The bubonic plague, the pneumonic plague, and the
             septicemic plague. The bubonic plague was the most common; the
             symptoms included enlarged and inflamed lymph nodes (around arm
             pits, neck and groin), vomiting, headaches, fevers of 101-105 degrees
             Fahrenheit, and nausea. These symptoms took from 1-7 days to appear.
             The two other plagues were less common, probably because victims
             often died before they reached another place. Symptoms for the
             pneumonic plague included coughing up bloody mucus, because this
             form of plague infected the lungs. This form of Plague was especially
             dangerous since it could be transmitted through the air. The third
             plague, septicemic, was the most rare, and there is still no cure
             found for it. Victims suffered high fevers, and their skin usually turned
             a dark purple, this is where the term 'black death' got its name.
             ictims often died the same day the symptoms died; in some towns as
             many as 800 died a day. The bubonic and septicemic were carried
             by fleas, who lived off the rats. They would bite a victim and
             regurgitate infected blood into the bloodstream.
             But then there were "cures." There were many cures for the
             Black Death in the middle ages. Very few work, as no one knew that the
             majority of the plague was transmitted by fleas. People burned a great
             number of things to ward of the plague. They included juniper, laurel, pine,
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