Talk:Consequences of the Black Death

Ruptured Bouboules
"The beak of the mask was often filled with strongly aromatic herbs and spices to overpower the miasmas or "bad air" which was also thought to carry the plague. At the very least, it may have dulled the smell of unburied corpses, sputum, and ruptured bouboules in plague victims."

..... ummmm What the fuck is a bouboule? I'm 99% sure somebody made that word up. I cannot find that in any dictionary. I did find it in a french dictionary, but the definition does not make any sense for use in this way. 24.166.154.108 (talk) 01:49, 22 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Bouboules were the enlarged lymph glands that were signs of sufferers of the Black Death. That is why it is called the "bubonic" plague.--FeralOink (talk) 06:10, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

Sources needed for Beak doctor costume article
A vigorous discussion is currently under way at Talk:Beak doctor costume about the historical use of the phrase 'beak doctor', and whether said costume was worn before the seventeenth century. I've not been able to find any reliable sources which show that the costume was worn before 1619, and therefore thought I'd ask here if anyone knew of any. Any other contributions, either to the discussion or the article, would be welcome.--Doug Coldwell talk 11:01, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Verb tense consistency
I've already noticed in the first paragraph a disagreement in verb tense. I think instead of "have" in the first sentence, "have had consequences" is better. Unnecessary or incorrect shifts between present/past tense is rampant in contemporary writing, and I feel we wiki contributors should be vigilant that these articles are as tight and cohesive as possible. Let's keep an eye out for tense shifts and fix where possible for the sale of optimal clarity on the info we're disseminating. Cheers! =) TheArcane03 (talk) 21:43, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

Stat citations
All stats need to be cited, however tedious that may be. If you mention a statistic, it's important to cite at least one creditable and up-to-date source. This article has multiple instances where this is lacking. TheArcane03 (talk) 21:50, 9 April 2020 (UTC)