Number 7b

Hello, my name is Kristen Kohles and I'm a Medieval physician. I have never seen anything so bad as the Black Death. It is absolutely horrible! i find out that someone is infected and within a few days, before i can really do anything to help, they have already died. Out of the three types of the plague, the most common is the bubonic. The symptoms were enlarged and inflamed lymph nodes (around arm pits, neck and groin). Victims were subject to headaches, nausea, aching joints, fever of 101-105 degrees,vomiting, and a general feeling of illness. The Pneumonic plague affected the lungs. Symptoms included slimy sputum tinted with blood. Sputum is saliva mixed with mucus exerted from the respiratory system. As the disease progressed, the sputum became free flowing and bright red. The last kind was the septicemic plague, symptoms were a high fever and skin turning deep shades of purple. In its most deadly form DIC can cause a victims skin to turn dark purple.The black death got its name from the deep purple, almost black discoloration. All i can do is to make them lay by a fire on their sides, use leaches to suck out the infected blood, and make them eat a lot of fruit and vegetables. I pray every day and night for my patients because this is so terrible. Most people don't live but I do all i can.