Rats spreading the Plague (UEB Contracted)

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Synopsis: At the left of this image, a man stands facing forwards with his arms by his sides. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the right way up. Beneath his untidy hair at the top of the page is his sad face, with down-turned mouth. He wears a jacket with its sleeve rolled up on the left. It is open at the front, showing his chest. On his lower body he wears pantaloons with the leg on the left rolled up. He has bare legs with shoes on his feet at the bottom of the page. The man is suffering from the Bubonic Plague, and has several buboes - large blisters - on his neck, under his arms and at the top of his leg. Fleas from rats carried the germs that caused the Plague. At the bottom centre of the page, two large rats are shown near the man's feet. The rat nearest the man is standing on its hind legs looking to the right, and with its mouth open. The second rat is further to the right, and is standing on its four legs looking to the left. Both rats have long tails, and each has only one eye and ear showing. Tiny fleas can be seen jumping around the man and the rats. At the right of the page is part of a building with a crooked wooden door. It has a doorknob at the right, and there is a large cross painted on the door to warn people that the household is afflicted with the Plague.

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