Lexicon:Bubonic plague

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Term: bubonic plague
References: The Ionian Mission, page 229
Meaning: An acute infectious febrile disease, also known as 'the black plague' or 'the black death' which killed one third of the population of Europe — 25 million people — in the fourteenth century. It is a disease of rodents, mainly rats, but is transmitted to humans by fleas. It is now curable with antibiotics, but can kill rapidly if treatment is not started immediately.


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Maturin's Medicine — This article is based on information from Maturin's Medicine, compiled and edited by Kerry Webb, with the help of a number of contributors.

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