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Bulbous
Septicemia Form:
almost 100%
mortality rate.
From the Toggenburg Bible, 1411
Lancing a Buboe
The Disease Cycle
Flea drinks rat blood Bacteria
that carries the multiply in
bacteria. flea’s gut.
Human is infected!
An obsession
with death.
Boccaccio in The Decameron
“Leeching”
A Doctor’s
Robe
Attempts to Stop the Plague
Flagellanti:
Self-inflicted “penance” for our sins!
Attempts to Stop the Plague
Pograms against the Jews
“Golden Circle”
obligatory badge
“Jew” hat
Death Triumphant !:
A Major Artistic Theme
A Little Macabre Ditty
“A sickly season,” the merchant said,
“The town I left was filled with dead,
and everywhere these queer red flies
crawled upon the corpses’ eyes,
eating them away.”
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