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HISTORY ON THE BLACK DEATH AND THE BUBONIC PLAGUE. ?If left untreated, a bubonic plague infection c?

By Glenn Reynolds

HISTORY ON THE BLACK DEATH AND THE BUBONIC PLAGUE. “If left untreated, a bubonic plague infection can kill a person in as little as two days, either by causing lymph nodes to burst and flood the bloodstream, or by attacking lung tissue to cause pneumonia. Most often, the disease is spreads by fleas that are carried around by rodents. In either case, the bacteria?s genetic signatures can be found in bones long after a victim dies.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on October 10, 2010 (boomark / email).