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Several antidotes had to do with the diet, like a snack of fig, filbert, and rue, avoiding foods that spoiled easily like milk, fish, and meat; or if one had to eat meat it had to be fowl, lamb, or kid. More ideas on diet were: meat must be roasted, cheese for the digestion, etc.
Some common 'medicines' were pills of aloe, myrrh, and saffron, emerald ground into a powder, and the most popular, poison remedies.
Bleeding was also rather popular, though also largely ineffective. Bleeding is when a doctor makes a cut on your body and lets the "infected" blood run out. This method didn't work because the high frequency of the bleedings lead to death by exsanguination.
Others thought plague came from bad air; advice included to: stay away from marshes, swamps, and other bodies of still water where air is dense, keeping windows with a northern exposure open to let in good air, and keeping southern windows closed. Physician John Cole became famous when he pointed out that attendants that cleaned latrines and worked in hospitals and other odorous places were considered immune, and declared that the only antidote for plague was bad air. One of the most surreal images to come from Black Death is of groups of people crouched at the edge of public latrines inhaling the fumes.
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Can you prevent Bubonic Plague?
To be cured from the Bubonic Plague you can use antibiodics. In the previous bubonic plagues when it was a plague there was no cure.
What did the stuarts use as plague cures?
There really was no cure. The people during the time of the Stuarts thought that tobacco smoke would keep the plague away. They thought wearing lucky charms like dead frogs would cure the plague. Some prayed. Some used the sweat of the sick and the fluid of the sores to transfer to pigeons.
What did the European people use to try to get rid of the smell of dead people lying in the streets during the plague?
Many people carried flowers, scented herbs or perfumes with them.
Was there a cure to the black plague in 1347?
No, there was no cure to the black plague in 1347. Doctors of that days were completely unable to find any cure of black plague. They tried to use different cures like- arsenic, cooked onion,crushed emeralds,sitting in the sewers etc. But those didn't work.
How can you use the word bubonic plague in a sentence?
The Bubonic Plague killed millions of people.
What methods were people using to ward off the plague?
Some of the strategies that were used to prevent people from having plague included quarantine and the use of separate hygiene facilities. People with plague could not use the same public baths with the population that was not infected.
Can you use the skin of the bee to cure people?
no
Is the disease curable?
it may be curble
How did the plague doctor save you?
There was no cure for the black death. However some doctors said you should use leeches to suck the blood out! Others suggested a fire to keep the bad smell away. many people carried little bundles of sweet smelling herbs to sniff called posies. Some people beleived the plague was God punishing them for their sins so they went to church more frequently.
How can someone prevent bubonic plague?
The plague can be prevented, by many ways. 1-stay out of the ground zero(area affected by it) 2-disable the bacteria from entering you(masks, clothes) 3-Take antibiotics 4-don't go to places, which have plague as endemic disease(disease caracteristic for that place)
Why people use medicine?
To cure diseases and relieve pain.
What do most people use drugs for?
Some people use drugs to get high. And others use drugs to cure illnesses.
