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doctors in medieval times thought that bad smells and odors could actually cure you. So they had the patients to have lots of different odor smelling things like urine, waste, and even rotting flesh.
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∙ 10y agoDoctors in the middle ages beleived the plague was God punishment. After that, rumors came around that the Jews were poinsoning the water with a poison the caused the black and a lot Jews were burned at the stake.
Fleas on rats.
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∙ 12y agoThe term would be 'Black Plague'. Modern day studies have revealed that fleas carried by rodents. The fleas bit into their victims literally injecting them with the disease.
<dai Aston> no black death is the correct term and at the time of the first plague in Britain doctors put it down to bad "HUMIDS" in the body's system humids don't exest in modern medical books as they were a creation of 14th century medicines but the correct answer for what actually did happen is the answer above
Black death is equally correct , and doctors believed in the HUMORS of the body , not HUMID. Plague is caused by Yersinia pestis, as we know now, and still exists , but most doctors were clueless then.
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∙ 12y agoPriests thought that god was punishing them for all their sins and punished them with the plague
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What did philosophers believed caused the black death?
Flying chocolate cows caused the black death.
What did religious people believe about the cause of the black death?
they believed in god's anger. Also many blamed jews and beggars.
How do you say black death in Latin?
The Black Death is believed to be caused by the bacterium Yersinia Pertis. The Black Death in latin is Atra Mors; literally meaning "Terrible Death".carolyn maxwell
Why did the doctors believe that bubonic plaque was caused by the planets?
Because of your horoscope
Why did the Black Death effect the clergy?
The Black Death had many affects on religion. Most people believed it was God punishing them for their wicked ways and would go round whipping themselves to try and please God. Nobody knew anything about hygiene and good living conditions, so they believed a lot about religion whereas nowadays we know the truth about how the Black Death was caused. However, the Black Death affected religion for a small minority as they believed in God and when the "good people" such as priests, died alongside others, they no longer found themselves believing.
Who were the main people invoved in the black death?
Black Death was caused by Mongols. They caused the Plague to spread.
Did people believe sins caused the black death?
yes, they believed that it was god punishing them, it was Jews poisoning the water and many other things.
The horrible symptoms of the black death are caused by what organism?
the oriental rat flea b had caused black death
What were some important changes caused by the black death?
Black Death caused revolutions. It weakened church's influence.
Why did they burn the people in the black death?
To kill the remaining living viruses and bacteria.
What would doctors do if you got the black deaf now?
since there now is a cure for the black death doctors will cure you.
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.
