The swollen lymph nodes and abscesses are often referred to as buboes. This type of plague results in swollen lymph nodes that are called buboes. The term "buboes" is also used to refer to the swollen lymph nodes. However, aspiration may sometimes be performed to prevent buboes from rupturing. Evagrius was afflicted with the buboes associated with the disease but survived. The grandfather first presented buboes and a high fever before dying on April 8. Before the discovery of antibiotics, doctors often drained buboes to save patients. When he finally dropped Jenny, Thistlewood was "in sad pain with the buboes". Buboes are also symptoms of other diseases, such as chancroid and lymphogranuloma venereum.