Plague in Paris: Causes, Symptoms, and Insights from the Medical Faculty
The Black Death, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, struck Paris in the 14th century. It began in central Asia and reached Marseille by ship from Italy. The bubonic plague spread through fleas on rats, resulting in an infectious fever that decimated about one-third of Paris’s population. Symptoms often included fever, chills, swollen lymph nodes, … Read more