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The Black Death (Symptoms (Buboes, Most dies within 3-7 days, Fever,…
The Black Death
Symptoms
Buboes
Most dies within 3-7 days
Fever
Swelling on the lymphnodes
Loss motor controll of arms and legs
Couldn't speak or walk propely
Pain and vomiting
Buboes would spread and turn black
Fever and headaches
Become delerious
Medieval Cures
Blood letting
Removing Bad Blood
Cutting open the buboes and draining them
Spread a paste of human excrement and dead frog
Leaches
Sleep on their side not back
Sit between two log fires
Avoid anyone who has the plague
Smell nice things
Actual Causes
Bacteria Yersimia pestis
Bacterial Infection
Flea Bites
Bodily Fluids
Blood
Antibiotics since the 1940's
Some were immune
Believed Causes
Bad smells
Bad air 'Miasma'
Jewish People poisoning wells
Astrological
Gods punishment for sinfulness
Thinking about it
Looking at someone who had it
Short Term Impacts
De-population
Towns and Cities became dirty
Economy broke down
Impact on religion
Some abandoned religion
Became extreme
Couldn't bury bodies fast enough
The decameron by Baccacia
Some believed it was the end of the world
Origins and Spread
Originated in China
Killed 40% of the population
1350 ended
Spread to Europe by silk road traders
Entered Europe though Italy
France
England
Rest of Europe
1347 Started
Killed
Long Term Impacts
Weakened feudal system of the Renaissance
Peasants become scarce and demanded wages
Started Slave train
Had to get African slaves
Foundat
Weakening of the church
useless in the Black death
Types
Bubonic
Flea Bites
Pnemonic
Cough
Sepicimic
Deadlist Form
Get gangrene
Attempted Cures Non-medical
Flagellants
Christian extremists
Whip themselves to atone for their sinfulness
Burn the Jews
Torture Jewish
Cover bodys with lime
Forced quarantine