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The Black Death

The Black Death. Facts. In the 1350’s Killed at least 40% of the population Bubonic Plague: carried by rats from E urope Followed by a second disease the Pneumonic Plague, spread in the air by coughing. Towns and ports were worst hit Everyone caught it, rich and poor. Symptoms.

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The Black Death

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  1. The Black Death

  2. Facts • In the 1350’s • Killed at least 40% of the population • Bubonic Plague: carried by rats from Europe • Followed by a second disease the Pneumonic Plague, spread in the air by coughing. • Towns and ports were worst hit • Everyone caught it, rich and poor.

  3. Symptoms • Bubonic plague: cold and tired, followed by buboes found in the armpits and groin. Blisters all over the body and then sever head aches and high fever followed by unconsciousness and death. • Pneumonic Plague: Coughing up blood and then death within a few days

  4. What they though the causes were • God was punishing people for their sins • Minority group; Jews in Germany were blamed for poisoning the water • Astrology: the alignment of the planets • Dirt and Miasma • Imbalance of the four humors

  5. Treatments • Prayer and processions and offerings in church • Galen’s treatment of the opposites • Home remedies: herbs, minerals and animal parts

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