FOR most, mention of the Black Death probably conjures up medieval images of people dying horrifically in the street. Caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, the bubonic plague has killed ...
Bubonic plague can cause swelling of the lymph nodes. If untreated, it could spread to the blood and lungs. Other symptoms included fever, vomiting and chills. Physicians relied on treatments such ...
Treatment depended on what people believed ... A Medieval illustration of people suffering from swollen lymph nodes, a sign of bubonic plague. The plague had no cure and once a person had caught ...