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How did people attempt the plague from spreading?
Since it was not commonly known that bubonic plague was carried by the rat flea, it was generally assumed to be a supernatural affliction. Healers tried to ward off the plague by wearing masks and reciting incantations. The effectiveness of these methods in unknown but severely doubted. People killed all the rats and pets. They buried dead bodies deep and burnt everything.
How Did the people of 1665 stop the plague?
With precautions and prevention. Cleaning cities and burning rats.
What animal helped stop the Plague?
i think they used blind puppies to 'stop' the plague Cats - once they were reestablished (they had been outlawed as "witches' familiars"), since cats kill rats and rats spread the Plague.
Was the bubonic plague caused by rat excrement?
No. Bubonic plague is transmitted by fleas carried by infected rats or people. The pathogen is typically carried by rodents. In the case of the waves of plague that ravaged Europe and the Mid-East in the middle ages, it was carried by rats and other infected humans.The disease you may be confusing bubonic plague with could be cholera which is transmitted by contamination of water by an infected person's feces.Answer:No, it was caused by rats, but not their excrete. the bubonic plague and pneumonic plague were started by rats who jumped off a ship that had come from countries infected with the plague. It wasn't actually the rats that started it, either. fleas travelled in the dirty hairs of the rats and then flourished in the grime and unhygienic areas near London. The plague spread quickly throughout England and Ireland, and only a small part of Scotland was not affected. 1 in 3 people died, altogether. Many towns and villages were quarantined to stop the plague spreading.
Why did the Plague end?
After the great fire of London, many rats were killed, this helped stop the spreading. Also, so many people were dying, the germ kind of ran out of places to go.
How did people tried to stop the plague from spreading?
people tried different home remedies. Such as vinegar shower, vein cutting etc.
How did the great fire of London put a stop to the plague?
It killed the rats and fleas that carried the plague and gave it to people.
What did they kill off to stop the plague spreading?
They did not know that plague was spread by vermin, so the did not kill off anything.
Why was the toilet?
the toilet was invented to make the world a more hygineic place to live in and to stop spreading a deadly disease called bubonic plague which was caused by bacterium and yersinia pestis the deases vector were rodents ECT. Rats And Fleas!!
Why didnt they try to stop the Plague Is it something to do with God?
People tried to stop the plague, but they didn't know what caused it. Medical science at that time was very primitive. Some people thought at the time that it was caused by God's wrath, but in fact it was most likely caused by infected fleas carried by rats.
How was plague called black death spread?
Bubonic Plague or Black Plague started in Europe around 1347. It was a terrible disease that was carried out with black rats and fleas. This terrible disease was affected the Medieval society. It was a terrible because so many peasants died and that nobody was left to farm the land and do the daily work.The Plague (or called "Black Death") was an epidemic that struck Europe. People from China and Mongolia came with infected fleas carried by rats going aboard ships and that were transported to Italy, Greece and France; when the ships docked, the rats left the ships entering cities bringing the fleas and disease with them. In 1348 the virus, known as the Yersinia pestisbacterium and until 1351 the bacterium had killed 1/3 of Europe. Leaving fewer farmers and other people that held jobs that were important to the economy. The Europeans blamed the Jews for the plague by poisoning the water but it really was caused by flea bites. Other break outs occurred between 1451-1721.Plague is still around today in small numbers and is treated with antibiotics.
What did sanitation have to do with the spread of the bubonic plague?
The disease spread by fleas being carried around on rats. In the filth and the warmth of the summer heat, the rotting rubbish is a perfect place for bacteria to breed. People living in the infected area had to sanitise in order to try and prevent the disease from spreading. When people died from the plauge, they hardley every let anyone see the deceased to try and stop the spread.
