How did people try to stop the bubonic plague?

Answer 1

People burned Jews and other religions from different culture backgrounds and they sat near fire at all times. They would kill people with this disease and not inhale the germs of patients. For treatments, people from back then would use many ways, such as making them bleed out the poison or cut the swells to release the juice from inside. They would treat the wounds with yeast and mint-covered nuts of liquid to heal.

Answer 2

The black plague ravaged Europe from 1348 to 1500 AD. The causative agent of plague was Yersinia pestis, a gram negative bacterial species, and the vector of this zoonotic disease were fleas borne by infected rats. Plague was likely introduced to Europe by rat stowaways on trade ships from India. Initial plague prevention strategies included avoiding crowded places, and keeping a clean home. People often evacuated plague infested areas unsure of where to go. After several waves of plague deaths more effective forms of containment were introduced such as household quarantine, trade limitation and lastly pest houses.

A popular view amongst early Christians was that the black plague was a punishment from God for universal sin. A sect of monks took to flagellating themselves to appease their offended deity.

Answer 3

In desperation, the living turned to charms, potions and cure-alls. It was suggested that people living on low built houses were safer from the "miasma" in the air, as were those with north facing windows - it was best to keep south facing windows shut. People claimed that burning woods that gave off a pleasant smell, such as juniper, would "purify" the air. Sniffing the fumes of frankincense, tamarisk and aloe was also advised.

Spiritually, it was said the aid of concerned saints in heaven, like saint Roch, should be asked for through prayer. Some thought the plague was God's wrath upon a society of sinners. The Flagellant movement became common in Germany and Flanders. The Flagellants would parade through towns whipping themselves with iron tipped scourges until the blood ran. The Flagellants believed that these public acts of penance would bring pardon for human sins, and avert the ultimate catastrophe - the end of the world.

The advice from one of Europe's more learned institutions was to run, and leave places where the air was "corrupted by vapours"; something many did. Medieval science could not understand or treat an epidemic that spread at a rate of 8 kilometers (5 miles) a day, and so doctors were helpless. Some bled patients to remove "unwholesome humours from the body", though this only weakened them further. However a few doctors did advise some practical steps that included cleanliness and recommending gardens as a place to dwell in rather than the streets where the "noxious" air was present. Although on the other hand some thought that breathing in even more noxious airs would combat the plague, as the potent smells would be a good match against bad smells (which were said to carry the plague). It was even recommended to breath in air from the privy (loo)! A poet named John Lydgate (1370- 1451) wrote a Diet and Doctrine for the Pestilence, in which he warned that ecessive indulgence in any form would draw the plague. "Especially make not visits to brothels and baths", he cautioned.

Answer 4

The Black Death was one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, peaking in Europe between 1348 and 1350

It is widely thought to have been an outbreak of Bubonic Plague, usually thought to have started in Central Asia, it had reached the Crimea by 1346 and from there, probably on merchant ships, it spread throughout the Mediterranean and Europe. The Black Death is estimated to have killed 30% to 60% of Europe's population, reducing the world's population from an estimated 450 million to between 350 and 375 million in 1400

The answer is in that song, 'Ring around the rosy pocket full of posies', pockets and pouches were filled with sweet smelling herbs because they thought the disease was passed by bad smells. Other cures are these: Vinegar and water treatment If a person gets the disease, they must be put to bed. They should be washed with vinegar and rose water. Lancing the buboes, these swellings associated with the Black Death should be cut open to allow the disease to leave the body. A mixture of tree resin, roots of white lilies and dried human excrement should be applied to the places where the body has been cut open. Bleeding: The disease must be in the blood. The veins leading to the heart should be cut open. This will allow the disease to leave the body. An ointment made of clay and violets should be applied to the place where the cuts have been made. Diet : We should not eat food that goes off easily and smells badly such as meat, cheese and fish. Instead we should eat bread, fruit and vegetables. Sanitation: The streets should be cleaned of all human and animal waste. It should be taken by a cart to a field outside of the village and burnt. All bodies should be buried in deep pits outside of the village and their clothes should also be burnt. Pestilence medicine: Roast the shells of newly laid eggs. Ground the roasted shells into a powder. Chop up the leaves and petals of marigold flowers. Put the egg shells and marigolds into a pot of good ale. Add treacle and warm over a fire. The patient should drink this mixture every morning and night. Witchcraft Place a live hen next to the swelling to draw out the pestilence from the body. To aid recovery you should drink a glass of your own urine twice a day

Answer 5

Medieval doctors thought the plague was created by air corrupted by humid weather, decaying unburied bodies, and fumes produced by poor sanitation. The recommended treatment of the plague was a good diet, rest, and relocating to a non-infected environment so the individual could get access to clean air. This did help, but not for the reasons the doctors of the time thought. In actuality, because they recommended moving away from unsanitary conditions, people were, in effect, getting away from the rodents that harbored the fleas carrying the infection.

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Answer 6

Sanitation. Keeping rats (with their fleas) out of the homes and surrounding areas.

Answer 7

They were burning incents, wearing '' bewitched jewels '' and holding rags dipped in sweet smelling oils to their faces.

Answer 8

Many ways here is one Witchcraft

Answer 9

nothing, they just died off