way through the world, eventually causing economic, political, and cultural

disruptions. It came like a murderer in the night, when no one was expecting it.

This mysterious disease first attacked the people living near the Black Sea in

what is now called Southern Ukraine. It came without mercy, like a warrior

coming for revenge. It struck, and within days hundreds of people fell ill.

The first symptoms were severe headaches and redness of the eyes.

These were followed by inflammations of the tongue, hoarseness and a hacking

cough. Then came severe intestinal upsets, including vomiting and acute

diarrhea. Temperatures rose, and at the fevers height the body broke out with

reddish spots. By the third day, the lymph nodes in the sufferers'' groins, neck,

and occasionally the armpits began to swell. Eventually the swelling would

increase from the size of a hazelnut to the size of walnut, then to the size of a

hen's egg. The swelling would bulge out making it easily visible; its blackish

color giving the disease its name: The Black Death. The swellings would

continue to get bigger and extremely painful causing the victi

No one expected to live long enough to be brought to trial and punished.

the "throat" of the infected flea so that no blood could reach its stomach.

Cultural disruptions also. Priests died, so no one could hear confession.

epidemic disease as overwhelming as the Black Death. But it cannot be

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