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Ring Around The Rosies

Ring Around The Rosies. By: Disnie Thambugala Jennifer Grohowski Ashley Dugasz Sarah Kusnirak. What is the Black Death?. One of the most devastating pandemics in human history 75 to 200 million deaths; almost 1/3 of the continents population Peaking in Europe during 1348-1350.

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Ring Around The Rosies

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  1. Ring Around The Rosies By: Disnie Thambugala Jennifer Grohowski Ashley Dugasz Sarah Kusnirak

  2. What is the Black Death? • One of the most devastating pandemics in human history • 75 to 200 million deaths; almost 1/3 of the continents population • Peaking in Europe during 1348-1350

  3. Arrival • Arrived October 1438 by sea • 12 Genoese ships traveled through the Black Sea back from Central Asia • Docked at the Sicilian port, Messina • Most sailors were dead or gravely ill

  4. Black Death Route

  5. Bacteria Originated • Cause was the bacteria, yersinapestis • Originated from rats; rats developed an immunity but not the fleas • Yersinapestis produces a toxin that blocks the abdomen • Jumps onto human and bites victim, vomiting blood

  6. Symptoms • Chills, Fever, Exhaustion • Nausea, Vomiting, Soreness • Swellings appeared; hard, painful burning lumps on neck and underarms • Swellings turned black, oozed pus and blood • Bleed internally, blood in pee, blood in poo, blood puddled under skin = black boils and spots all over (STINKY!) • DEATH

  7. Plague Spreads • Airborne disease • Spread by cough • Families spread disease to each other very quickly

  8. Types of Plagues • Bubonic Plague - black lumps • Pneumonic Plague - settles in lungs, lung liquefy, cough them up = DEATH • Septicemic Plague – Poisons victims bloodstream, stops bodies ability to clot, bleed from everywhere at the same time = DEATH

  9. Death Rate • Mortality rate between 50% to 100%

  10. The Plague Doctor • People would call local physicians to treat family members • This is what the doctors would look like:

  11. Plague Doctor Costume

  12. Treatments • Concoctions of herbs – no known cure (at the time) • Use herbs and plants to relive symptoms • Main treatment was bloodletting

  13. Theories • Many theories involving religion • Punishment from God • Pockets of bad air released by earthquakes • Jews poisoned the wells • Thousands of Jews were murdered all across Europe

  14. Affects on Religion • Essential that people were given last rites and confessed their sins • Compared to the death rate there were not enough clergy • Church could not offer a reason for the plague; tested beliefs • People questioned religion

  15. Consequences • Prices and wages rose • Greater value placed on labor • Farming land was given over to pasturing; much less labor-intensive • Change in farming led to boost in cloth and wool industry • Peasants moved from country to town; responsible for decline in Feudalism

  16. Art and Music • In paintings, artists portrayed dancing skeletons or symbols of death • Music was very low and dark, lower cords and bass instruments

  17. Sources • www.medicineney.com • http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/health-and-human-body/human-diseases/plague-article/ • www.lordandladies.org/blackdeath.htm • www.doctorsreview.com/history/doctors-black-death/ • http://www.history.com/topics/black-death

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