Timeline of the Black Death
Friday, May 17, 2013
Sunday, May 5, 2013
How did the Black Death End?
How did the Black Death End?
The Black Death gradually subsided since practically everyone had either died or been exposed, but was not gone. There have been various other outbreaks in Europe since the 1300s.
The Black Death was dependent on its carriers, fleas and rats, both of which it killed. When the supply of fleas and rats became too small, it was no longer supported widely, and ceased to be epidemic. It did return, from time to time, in many places, and remained a problem until the 1950s or so. It is still around today, but is fairly easily treated if it is diagnosed quickly enough. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_did_the_black_death_end
People tried to figure out how the Black Death ended, they thought that:
- Since almost everyone died, the fleas and such had no one else to host on and so the fleas died too.
- Nobody knows. It came/went and then just petered out http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1077989
This is a primary source and an archaeologist found these dead bodies in London and i looked like they were buried in late 1348 and 1349. After diagnosing these dead bodies the archaeologist have known that these bones belonged to the victims of the Black Death.
While some suggest that half the city's population of 60,000 died, he believes it could have been as high as two-thirds. Years later, in 1357, merchants were trying to get their tax bill cut on the grounds that a third of all property in the city was lying empty. Sloane spent nearly 10 years researching his book, poring over records and excavation reports. Many records have gone missing, while there was also a documentation shortfall as disaster overwhelmed the city. Names of those buried in three emergency cemeteries seem not to have been recorded.http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/17/black-death-rats-off-hook
An author of the black death said these words after seeing this "The evidence just isn't there to support it, We ought to be finding great heaps of dead rats in all the waterfront sites but they just aren't there. And all the evidence I've looked at suggests the plague spread too fast for the traditional explanation of transmission by rats and fleas. It has to be person to person – there just isn't time for the rats to be spreading it."
He added: "It was certainly the Black Death but it is by no means certain what that disease was, whether in fact it was bubonic plague." Sloane, who was previously a field archaeologist with the Museum of London, working on many medieval sites, is now attached to English Heritage. He has concluded that the spread of the 1348-49 plague, the worst to hit the capital, was far faster, with an impact far worse than had been estimated previously.While some suggest that half the city's population of 60,000 died, he believes it could have been as high as two-thirds. Years later, in 1357, merchants were trying to get their tax bill cut on the grounds that a third of all property in the city was lying empty. Sloane spent nearly 10 years researching his book, poring over records and excavation reports. Many records have gone missing, while there was also a documentation shortfall as disaster overwhelmed the city. Names of those buried in three emergency cemeteries seem not to have been recorded.http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/17/black-death-rats-off-hook
Friday, May 3, 2013
How did people attempt to deal with the disease?
How did people attempt to deal with the disease?
People attempted many ways to deal with the disease, some of them are:
During the Black death, bodies were at first buried. but as the mortality rate increased, burying the bodies became too laborious the churches began to burn the bodies. a common nursery rhyme is proof of this.
Image 1 is a primary source and it shows us people carrying the dead. The church burned the dead because there was no space to bury them, they believed that burying people can reduce the disease from being infected.
People attempted many ways to deal with the disease, some of them are:
- 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.
- 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.
- The bodies of the dead people should be buried in deep pits outside of the village and their clothes should also be burnt. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_did_people_deal_with_the_black_death
During the Black death, bodies were at first buried. but as the mortality rate increased, burying the bodies became too laborious the churches began to burn the bodies. a common nursery rhyme is proof of this.
Nursery Rhyme
Ring around the rosy. A pocket full of posies. Ashes, Ashes! We all fall down!
Ring around the rosy- Rosary beads that gave you God's guidance and help.
A pocket full of posies- Posies were used to mask the odour of decaying bodies. which was thought to cause the plague.
The church burned the deceased when they could no longer bury the bodies. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_were_body's_disposed_of_in_the_black_death
Image 1: Burying the Bodies.
Image 1 is a primary source and it shows us people carrying the dead. The church burned the dead because there was no space to bury them, they believed that burying people can reduce the disease from being infected.
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
When and How did the Black Death Spread
Where and how the black death spread?
The black death was a disease that people caught. The fleas had bad bacteria and
they travelled in the fur of rats, when the fleas drank blood from rats and humans they
transferred the disease.
Image 1 Fleas http://saburchill.com/history/chapters/chap4018f.html
The Black Death spread very quickly because:
The black death was a disease that people caught. The fleas had bad bacteria and
they travelled in the fur of rats, when the fleas drank blood from rats and humans they
transferred the disease.
Image 1 is a primary source and it shows us a picture of a flea. The people of the 14th century didn't know what caused the Black Death and it was only discovered approximately 100 years ago. The drawing of the flea is from the 1700's
. The disease spread very quickly and whoever got bitten by the fleas were the victims of black death.
. The disease spread very quickly and whoever got bitten by the fleas were the victims of black death.
Image 1 Fleas http://saburchill.com/history/chapters/chap4018f.html
The Black Death spread very quickly because:
- In towns and cities people lived very close
- The filth that littered the street gave the rats the perfect environment to breed and increase their number.
- People believed that it was sin to bath everyday so people were not clean
- Lack of medical knowledge meant that people tried anything to help them escape the disease.
- The people wanted to show their love of God by whipping themselves hoping that God would forgive them their sins and that they would be spared the Black Death.
- The churches sent people to religious trips (pilgrimages) , this was bad because people well and unwell were being at the same space at the same time, this would spread it even more
because everybody passed it on to each other.
The
Black death spread
towards
Europe very quickly
because
Europe was trading
with
the East, some medieval Europeans were aware of a mysterious disease sweeping through Asia in the 1300's.
From Central Asia, the disease moved along the trading routes to many
other countries killing many people.
Image 1 is a secondary source
and it shows us how the black death spread towards the other
countries in Europe.
YouTube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8Gk1a-RMAM
The YouTube Video contains information of Why and How the Black Death spread. The video describes every little detail of the spreading disease.
Friday, April 19, 2013
Doctors During the Black Death
How did the doctors deal with the black death?
Carry a lucky charm- The charm would ward off the disease (Result:Nothing)
Use leeches to bleed the victim- This would remove infected blood (Result: Nothing)
Smoke a pipe of tobacco- The smoke would ward off the disease (Result: Nothing)
Give a strong dose of laxatives- This would cause the victim to completely empty his bowels, thus removing the disease. (Result: Strong doses of laxatives can cause death from dehydration.)
Coat the victims with mercury and place them in the oven- The combination of mercury and heat from the oven would kill off the disease. (Result: This could actually cause serious burns.)
People with the disease were locked into their houses with their entire family. A big red cross would get painted on the door to show that they are infected, and there were guards that were placed outside those doors, so no one could get in and no one could get out.
The doctors who were to deal with the disease wore an early version of a hazmat suit. Doctors did not go into the houses of people with the Black Death as they didn't want to catch the disease. The doctors left family members to look after the victims and generally served as a visual warning to the public of the presence of an infected person or persons.
The doctors who were to deal with the disease wore an early version of a hazmat suit. Doctors did not go into the houses of people with the Black Death as they didn't want to catch the disease. The doctors left family members to look after the victims and generally served as a visual warning to the public of the presence of an infected person or persons.
The Doctors suggested many cures, some of them are:
Carry Flowers or wear a strong perfume- The smells would help to ward away the disease (Result: Nothing)
Drink hot drinks- The victim would then sweat out the disease (Result: Nothing)Carry a lucky charm- The charm would ward off the disease (Result:Nothing)
Use leeches to bleed the victim- This would remove infected blood (Result: Nothing)
Smoke a pipe of tobacco- The smoke would ward off the disease (Result: Nothing)
Give a strong dose of laxatives- This would cause the victim to completely empty his bowels, thus removing the disease. (Result: Strong doses of laxatives can cause death from dehydration.)
Coat the victims with mercury and place them in the oven- The combination of mercury and heat from the oven would kill off the disease. (Result: This could actually cause serious burns.)
But none of them worked. The Doctors couldn't find a cure for black death so the people started believing that this is a punishment from God. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_did_doctors_deal_with_the_plague#
Image 1: The Plague Doctor
Image 1 is a primary source because this was a newspaper article during the Black Death. A plague doctor would have worn a beak doctor costume in his role as a specialized doctor. He was known then as a “Beak Doctor”. The protective suit consisted of a heavy fabric overcoat that was waxed, a mask of glassed eye openings and a cone shaped like a beak to hold scented substances. Some of the scented materials were amber, balm-mint leaves, camphor, cloves, laudanum, myrrh, rose petals, and storax.A wooden cane pointer was used to help examine the patient without touching.The image shows us how the Plague Doctor (Plague doctor is also refereed to the doctor who deals with the Black Death) in a Hazmit suit, they needed to wear this to protect themselves from the people who were affected by the Black Death. http://theloveforhistory.com/other/the-great-plague/plague-doctor/
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Black Death
What was the Black Death, and how did it cause the death of so many people?
The black death was very dangerous and contagious and destroyed 2/3's of Europe's population and it killed people in a strange manner. People who weren't affected went crazy in fear of catching it and the people who caught it usually died within 7 days. In those times doctors were not very advanced and they mostly believed in superstition, so 70% of people who caught it died. It was slow and painful. This was very dangerous as it spread all over the world and many people were at risk of catching it. The people who didn't catch it were very few and were very lucky. The Black Death was so dangerous that even kings and the people of the highest positions were in danger of catching it. Nothing could stop it and nothing could stop it spreading. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_was_the_Black_Death
There are 3 types of plague:
Bubonic plague, the disease's most common form, refers to telltale buboes—painfully swollen lymph nodes—that appear around the groin, armpit, or neck.
Septicemic plague, which spreads in the bloodstream, comes either via fleas or from contact with plague-infected body matter.
Pneumonic plague, the most infectious type, is an advanced stage of bubonic plague when the disease starts being passed directly, person to person, through airborne droplets coughed from the lungs. If left untreated, bubonic plague kills about 50 percent of those it infects. The other two forms are almost invariably fatal without antibiotics.
Bubonic plague, the disease's most common form, refers to telltale buboes—painfully swollen lymph nodes—that appear around the groin, armpit, or neck.
Septicemic plague, which spreads in the bloodstream, comes either via fleas or from contact with plague-infected body matter.
Pneumonic plague, the most infectious type, is an advanced stage of bubonic plague when the disease starts being passed directly, person to person, through airborne droplets coughed from the lungs. If left untreated, bubonic plague kills about 50 percent of those it infects. The other two forms are almost invariably fatal without antibiotics.
Image 1: Black Death
This is a secondary source. The image shows us how the disease looked like, people suffered from it because they had no choice. The disease spread very quickly through out Europe.
This is a secondary source. The image shows us how the disease looked like, people suffered from it because they had no choice. The disease spread very quickly through out Europe.
Monday, March 25, 2013
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