A red cross or 'x' to warn the public not to go inside the house and show to the plague doctors which house/s to watch. ---- The person or people inside of a marked house were locked inside with the others in the house even if there were healthy people inside of it.
soon,the infected in the house would pass on infections to the healthier and everyone in the house would die. ---- 1-2 weeks later,plague doctors with long beak shaped masks (stuffed with lavender to stop the terrible smell) would burst down marked doors and haul the bodies into deep pits dug randomly about sites of the plague ridden areas.
their soul.
Bonaparte Visiting the Plague Victims of Jaffa was created in 1804.
dos and donts of 1665 plague...do...bury the dead far undergroundstay away from victims of the plaguewhere the plague doctors outfit if you are a plague doctorwhere herbs and spicesdon't..go out at night when the plague victims dohave contact with victimshave contact with others if you have the plague
So they did not get it
you get it
they carried posies round with them to get rid of the plague.
The Plague victims
6,786
The catacombs
Normally it was the nearest doctor available and in some circumstances priests came to help and pray for the victims however both people who tried to treat the victims were either unsuccessful or caught the plague themselves.
not too many victims. Almost 15-20 per year. Plague infections are not very common today.
They didn't bury them. They burned them on pyres.