BLACK Spanish justinianic

DEATH flu plague

The Top 3 Most Fatal Pandemic in History
BLACK DEATH
 WHAT? WHERE? WHEN?

It is also known as the Pestilence, It was believed to start in China. It started in year 1331 and ends in
the Great Mortality or the Plague. 1353.
It was a Bubonic Plague Pandemic,
a disease caused by the bacterium
Yersinia pestis that circulates
among wild rodents where they live
in great numbers and density
 SYMPTOMS
üSudden onset of fever
üHeadache
üChills
üWeakness and;
üOne or more swollen, tender and painful
lymph nodes (called buboes)
 MEDICAL RESPONSES

Rubbing onions, herbs or a Drinking vinegar, eating Sitting close to a fire or in a People who believed God was
chopped up snake (if crushed minerals, arsenic, sewer to drive out the fever, or punishing you for your sin,
available) on the boils or mercury or even ten-year-old fumigating the house with 'flagellants', went on
cutAting up a pigeon and treacle. herbs to purify the air. processions whipping
rubbing it over an infected themselves.
body.

Doctors often tested urine for In the 1361 - 1364 outbreak,

colour and health. Some even doctors learned how to help
tasted it to test. the patient recover by
bursting the buboes.
 NUMBER OF DEATHS

ESTIMATED 75-200 MILLION

LIVES WERE KILLED BY THE
PLAGUE THAT REDUCED THE
30-60% OF EUROPEAN
POPULATION.
spanish flu
 WHAT? WHERE? WHEN?

It is also known as the 1918 influenza There is no certainty where the flu It started in year 1918 and ended in
pandemic. An unusually deadly came from but the first outbreak 1920.
influenza pandemic caused by the occured in Spain.
H1N1 influenza A virus
 SYMPTOMS
FIRST WAVE:
üChills
üFever and;
üFatigue
SECOND WAVE:
ü Skin turning blue and;
ü Lungs filling with fluid
 MEDICAL RESPONSES

There were no drugs nor effective vaccines to cure Spanish Flu, however, many
doctors prescribed Aspirin as a medication to alleviate sympstoms.
 NUMBER OF DEATHS

THE NUMBER OF DEATHS

WAS ESTIMATED TO BE AT
LEAST  50
MILLION  WORLDWIDE
JUSTINIANIC
PLAGUE
 WHAT? WHERE? WHEN?

It was identified as the Bubonic Plague, Originating in China and northeast It started in year 541 AD and eded
otherwise known for its 14th Century cousin, India, the plague (Yersinia pestis) in 750 AD.
“The Black Death.” The disease earned its
name from Justinian, the ruler of the
was carried to the Great Lakes
Byzantine Empire at the time. It also has a region of Africa via overland and
double meaning, as Justinian’s handling of sea trade routes.
the crisis was almost its own form of
infection.
 SYMPTOMS
The exact symptoms of Justinianic plague was
unknown, however, it is similar to the symptoms
of Bubonic Plague (Black Death).
üFever
üHeadache
üChills
üWeakness and;
üOne or more swollen, tender and painful
lymph nodes (called buboes)
 MEDICAL RESPONSES
There was a not known cure fo the Justinianic Plague. The plague
doctors would have guessed as to what might cure the epidemic.

ü They attempted to use vinegar and water and telling the patients
to carry flowers all day.
ü Bloodletting
ü Change in diet
ü Witchcrafts or charms and;
ü Lancing od buboes
 NUMBER OF DEATHS

IT IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE KILLED

BETWEEN 30 AND 50 MILLION
PEOPLE—ABOUT HALF THE WORLD'S
POPULATION AT THAT TIME—AS IT
SPREAD ACROSS ASIA, NORTH AFRICA,
ARABIA, AND EUROPE.
COMPARISON
&
CONTRAST
 SPANISH FLU
Residents were advised to:
• Take a walk to their office
• Avoid crowdy places
or work
• Cover their mouth with
• Wear gauze mask in sick
handkerchief when they
rooms
sneeze or cough
• Not use coomon dringking
• Not spit on the floor
cups, towels, etc.
• Stay at home if not
• Avoid worry, fear, and
feeling well
fatigue
• Keep warm

JUSTINIANIC
BLACK DEATH • Killed million lives PLAGUE
• Highly contagious
• There was no a
Some precautionary guidelines proper treatment
during the outbreak of Blakc Death are: during its outbreak,
According to Thomas Mockaitis, a history
• Medical inspections.
professor at DePaul University, people had
• People who are infecte d w e r e • Both orginated from Asia. no real understanding of how to fight the
isolated in plague hospitals. • Diagnosed as a Bubonic Plague. plague other than trying to avoid sick
• Restricting ships to port. • Similar symptoms.
people. The best guess is that the majority of
• Control of the movement of people • Cuased by Yersinia pestis
people in a pandemic somehow survive, and
and goods. • Spreaded through fleas.
those who survive have immunity.”
thank you!
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