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The Ring Around the Roses: Unraveling the History and Impact of the Black Death

Delve into the origins, symptoms, and historical epidemics of the bubonic plague caused by Yersinia pestis bacteria. Explore the persistence of the disease, preventative measures, and surprising inspirations like the nursery rhyme "Ring-a-Ring O' Roses."

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The Ring Around the Roses: Unraveling the History and Impact of the Black Death

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  1. The Ring Around the Roses By Sami Cook and Michelle Matuszyk

  2. Yersinia pestis • Bacteria • Multiply in flea, stick together and form a plug which blocks stomach • Causes starvation of flea so it feeds on anything • Vomits when bites food, leaks bacteria into another organism • Spreads disease

  3. Do You Have the Black Death?! • Some symptoms: • Chills, Fever, Diarrhea • Headaches, Swelling • Black Patches • Bite-like Bumps • Infected Lymph Nodes • Varicose Veins

  4. La Historia • 3 Huge Epidemics • First, Plague of Justinian-A.D. 541-542 • Originally in Ethiopia or Egypt • Killed 5,000 people a day in Constantinople • Altogether killed around 25 million people • Second, Black Death- mid 14th century • Spread through Eurasia • Killed 1/3 of the population, 237 million people • Largest death toll from any known non-viral epidemic • Died down with changes of hygiene and cleanliness of towns • Third, Third Pandemic- 1855 • Began in China and spread through India • Killed 12 million people

  5. Prevailing: Still? • Still exists, although cases are rare • North America, South America, Russia, Southern Asia • No plague infected animal left in Europe or Australia • Never isolated

  6. Preventions! • Vaccine created by Vladimir Havkin from Russia • 30 mg of Streptomycin from 7 days, twice a day • Chloramphenicol, Tetracycline • Getamicin 2.5 mg for 7 days, twice a day • Doxycycline, 100 mg for adults and 2.2 mg for children twice a day

  7. WOW! • The Bubonic Plague inspired a nursery rhyme—Ring a Ring O’ Roses • Ring-a-ring o’ roses, A pocket full of posies, A-tishoo! A-tishoo! We all fall down! • Later became known as The Ring Around the Rosie

  8. Work Cited • http://www.scienceartandmore.com/index.asp • http://www.cdc.gov/NCIDOD/DVBID/plague/ • http://www.kcom.edu/faculty/chamberlain/website/lectures/lecture/image/plague4.jpg • http://www.igormeyer.com/nss-folder/picutres/Svartedauen.jpg • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubonic_plague

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