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How did doctors treat the people with the Black Plague in the 14th century?
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∙ 9y ago
Medieval doctors did not have a clue what caused it, but guessed it was the result of:
the movements of the planets, a punishment from God, bad smells and corrupt air, enemies who had poisoned the wells.
There is more than 200 different rodents and species that can serve as a host. These include domestic cats and dogs, squirrels, chipmunks rabbits, camels, sheep, ticks, and humane lice. A new host is usually another rat, but in crowded cities that are extending into the countryside the next
host could very easily be a human.
Estimates differ, but most historians believe that the Black Death killed half the population.
In some places, eg the village of West Thickley in County Durham, it killed everybody.
The death-rate was especially bad in monasteries, where the monks stayed together and cared for each other.
All the citizens did little else except to carry dead bodies to be buried. At every church they dug deep pits down to the water-table; and thus those who were poor who died during the night were bundled up quickly and thrown into the pit. In the morning when a large number of bodies were found in the pit, they took some earth and shoveled it down on top of them; and later others were placed on top of them and then another layer of earth.
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∙ 6y ago
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∙ 12y agoBack in the Middle Ages, doctors would treat their patients by "bleeding them out". They would make an open wound in the patients arm, and let it bleed. supposedly, this was supposed to "drain" out the sickness. But, in fact, this was very unhealthy. The patient would get even more sick than they already were. This treatment would weaken the bodies of the patients and would speed up the death process.
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∙ 14y agoThey were afraid of it and never knew the causes. When you have everyone in your village die or have several people in your family die it is a scary thing. Thousands would die in days once it got started. Some cities/ areas removed people or closed off streets. In Venice, Italy they put people on an island to die and over 55,000 died there.
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∙ 15y agothey tried to burst the boils on their bodies before the plague moved on to the next stage.
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∙ 12y agoBy rubbing toads on it, they thought that the toad might get the plague
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Did they have doctors when the plague started?
Doctors did exist at the time of the medieval black plague, however, they did not know anything about the cause or treatment of the plague, and were useless. Medical science was extremely primitive at that period of history.
What was the name of the plague that killed many people in the 14 century?
Well really there were three- the most common being the bubonic plague.
What is the duration of black plague?
The duration of the black plague was the 14th Century where many countries had been affected by this most devastating diseases
What was the name of the plague that hit Europe in the 14th century?
The Bubonic Plague, which gave birth to the Black Death.
What did the people think the reason for the black plague was?
the people thought the cause of the black plague was a witches curse.
Why is the black plague a crisis?
the black plague was a crisis because it killed lots of people
Name the plague that ravaged and killed a third of Europe's population in the 14th century?
The Bubonic Plague. However, this wasn't the most devastating to Europeans in the 14th century. The Bubonic Plague spawned a new disease, the Black Death, which was the true killer.
What time period did the black plague happen in?
Black death or plague covered 400 years. 1300 to 1600.
In what city did the black plague start?
The black plague first started in Constantinople in the 6th century. It didn't appear again until the 14th century in Europe. In the 1890s, small outbreaks hit India.
Why doctors in Europe so unable to do much to help those people who had become sick with the Black Death?
Medieval doctors did not know about microorganisms, and since they had no idea what caused the Plague, they had no idea as to how to help its victims.
What treatments did people think would help get rid of the black death in the forteenth century not now?
people would carry herbs and spices with them so they wouldn't get the plague
In what year was the black plague how many people died?
The black plague occured in Europe from 1347-1351. It killed about 25 million people.
