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BLACK DEATH (THE MID-1300s) :skull_and_crossbones: black death, Extraido…
BLACK DEATH (THE MID-1300s) :skull_and_crossbones: 
Treatment:The doctors resorted to rudimentary tactics such as bloodletting or punctures.
Superstitious practices such as burning aromatic herbs and baths in rose water or vinegar.
Doctors did not attend to the sick.
As people fled to the countryside, animals became sick, cows, sheep, pigs and chickens also died.
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Healthy people stayed away from the sick, Boccaccio assured that everyone sought to save themselves.
Started,before the arrival in Europe,they rumors were heard about a great plague affecting the trade routes.
By the early 1340s it had hit China, India and Persia. :black_flag:
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Flagellants: Some people beat themselves and others with leather straps and a piece of metal, as they went through the villages.
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When the pope's authority was usurped, the movement disintegrated.
Believed it was a divine punishment, because of sins such as greed, fornication and worldliness.
Earning God's forgiveness could save them.
Because of this they killed Jews and heretics.
It originated in Europe in October 1347 with the arrival of 12 ships from the black sea to the sicilian port of Messina.
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Called "ships of death", during five years it killed more than twenty million people.
Some symtoms were:
- Swelling in the groin or armpits, the size of an apple or an egg.
- Blood loss and discharge of pus
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This disease attacks the lymph nodes, causing them to swell, spreading to the blood or lungs.
It was highly contagious, even in healthy people.
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The black plague never really ended, it returned every few generations. :no_entry: :skull_and_crossbones: :ship:
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The Black Death still exists.
According to the WHO, there are between 1000 and 3000 cases every year.
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