The Black Death

The Black Death, also known as the black plague was a diesease the siezed Europe and took the lives of millions of people. The Black Death was found to be in three differnt forms, bubonic plague, pneumonic plague, and septicemic plague. The most common plague was the bubonic plague that hit Europe the hardest, taking the lives of millions of people. Symptoms of bubonic plague sometimes did not appear or occur until about seven days after the virus has entered the body and had a mortality rate of 30% to 75%. The bubonic plague was best known for causing people to have lymph nodes forming around the armpits, groin, or neck. This plague did not leave Europe as a nation until the 1900s. Today, the black plague isn't around anymore and contained in a lab. The plague black hit Europe hard, and took Europe about 150 years for the population to grow back to what it was. Even thought the black plague was around for hundreds of years it is safe to say that we will no longer have to worry about this disease thanks to people being able to practise clean hygiene.