The Black Death, which struck 14th-century Europe ... Physicians relied on treatments such as boil-lancing to bathing in vinegar as they tried to treat people with the plague.

There's lots of different names for the Black Death, infamous for the horrible boils or buboes that break out on peoples' skin. It struck Britain many times, famously in London in 1665.

The first victims of the Black Death would have died in agony. The most common symptoms of the bubonic plague were large, pustulant boils (buboes) in the groin, neck, and armpits. Acute fever and ...

It's a disease we associate with medieval times, when it was known as the "Black Death", but fears are growing that an outbreak of bubonic plague could be the next global pandemic. With that fear ...