Congrats to Linda, Lauren's Nana, for correctly guessing the disease. Her guess was "bubonic plague", which is only half-right. It's actually septicemic plague, but they're both caused by the same bacterium, so close enough.
That blackening of the flesh? Yep, that's why the called it the Black Death.
There. I changed it.
Contributors
Web Pages I Regularly Visit
Recent Music Purchases by Jake and Lauren
- Crystal Silence- Chick Corea and Gary Burton
- Greatest Hits- Heart
- Armchair Apocrypha- Andrew Bird
A Random Picture
From our honeymoon, in Ensenada, Mexico. You can't see it very well here, but that little blue man on the sign behind me is supposed to be a viagra pill.
Quote of the...week?
On Barack Obama's being elected President: "A stunning accomplishment. I figured, if anyone would be elected our first black President, it would have been an Asian guy. Their parents push them so hard."
- Stephen Colbert
- Stephen Colbert
4 comments:
i was so gonna guess that. j/k.. my guess was leprosy which i knew was absolutely wrong, so i didn't even bother guessing.
I would have guessed "grossitis"
its actually gangrene, the death of tissues. which causes blackening of fingers or toes
Thanks for the correction, monmarfori! Someone better tell the CDC and the AMA to stop posting incorrect pictures in their literature about how identify plague!
Post a Comment