"Help! Somebody, help my son!"
"Is there a physician here? We need immediate treatment!"
"Please, help my wife! She's already unconscious."
"My baby, my baby, please, somebody…"
At Caritas, panic spread as many people suddenly collapsed, stricken by an unknown disease. Those who rushed to help felt their burning skin, their bodies consumed by an intense fever. At first, many believed it to be mere coincidence that so many fell ill at once, but soon, more and more were affected.
The initial symptoms were weakness and fever, but before long, violent convulsions took hold, followed by bleeding from the orifices. Within an hour of the first symptoms appearing, death inevitably followed.
