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Sierra Jane Downing, a 7-year-old Colorado girl, just survived a battle with a deadly disease that is extremely rare these days, but once wiped out more than a third of medieval Europe: The bubonic plague, or Black Death.. The girl was saved by a quick-thinking doctor at Denver's Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children.
Bubonic Plague in the Middle Ages. The bubonic plague in the Middle Ages was one of the most devastating outbreaks in human history. Also called the black plague or the black death, the bubonic plague resulted in the deaths of approximately 30-60 percent of those living in Europe during the 14th century. Plagues, like the bubonic plague, are caused an infectious agent.