When he had said their companions had died of buboes, Ron Val had looked as if he thought he was out of his mind. |
With the buboes and carbuncles, small red purplish spots, frequently appear on the body. |
The symptoms of plague were swollen lymph nodes in the armpits and groin known as buboes, hence Bubonic Plague, and death followed within hours or a few days at the most. |
Bubonic plague is characterized by painful, swollen lymph nodes called buboes that are often hot to the touch. |
It was not characterized by buboes, and it is very probable that it was largely smallpox. |
Mortification of the buboes carried off such as experienced neither stupor nor frenzy, and they died at last exhausted by agony. |