The Black Death, which struck 14th-century Europe ... Physicians relied on treatments such as boil-lancing to bathing in vinegar as they tried to treat people with the plague.

Anthrax, zoologist Twigg’s candidate, has never struck a human community in epidemic form and does not produce buboes (although anthrax victims do develop black boils). Professor Cohn’s ...

The song "The Orange & The Black" by Philadelphia's the Boils has apparently become a recognized anthem of sorts for the band's local NHL franchise the Philadelphia Flyers. Frontman Greg Boil ...

Anthrax, zoologist Twigg’s candidate, has never struck a human community in epidemic form and does not produce buboes (although anthrax victims do develop black boils). Professor Cohn’s ...