BLACK DEATH
CUANDO
the plague arrived in England during
the summer of 1348.
The plague spread quickly during the winter of 1348-1349
to the north of England.
SYMTOMS 
QUIEN/PORQUE
The Oriental Rat Flea!
This disease was spread by fleas which lived on the black rat.
The fleas sucked the rat’s blood which contained the plague germs.
When the rat died the fleas jumped on to humans and passed on the deadly disease.
CURA
Medieval people did not know about germs causing disease, They did not understand that plague was spread by rats and fleas.
They thought that people’s bodies were
poisoned.
If the swellings burst and the poison came out people sometimes survived. It seemed sensible to draw out the poison.
CURA 1
The onions should bemixed with yeast and butter
The swellings should be softened with figs and cooked onions.
Then open the swellings with a knife.
CURA 2
The frog will swell up and
burst.
Keep doing this with further frogs
until they stop bursting.
Take a live frog and put its belly on the
plague sore.
Some people saythat a dried toad will do the job better.
CONSECUENCIAS
Drop in population 25-50 million people died(1/3rd)
̈ Feudalism continues to fall apart Economies failed
Loss of knowledge
¤ No education
Beginning to question the
Church, Priests promises of false help