Across
- 2. Medieval idea that “bad air” caused disease
- 6. Person or group unfairly blamed for a crisis
- 7. Painful swollen lymph nodes, a key plague symptom
- 10. Widespread disaster with massive loss of life
- 12. Plague form infecting the lungs, spread by coughs
Down
- 1. Groups who whipped themselves to seek God’s mercy
- 3. Body’s protection against disease after exposure or vaccination
- 4. Weakness from not getting enough food or nutrients
- 5. Spreads from animals (like rats) to humans
- 7. Microscopic germs such as Yersinia pestis
- 8. Plague form attacking lymph nodes
- 9. Plague form in the bloodstream causing bleeding and shock
- 11. Practices of cleanliness to prevent illness