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black death

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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black death

survival guide

you will need this guide if you want to survive the Black Death

The plague simply originated from Asia, china, lake Issyk-ku, etc. the plague came from fleas that lived on infected rats.

Urban was mostly effected because everything was so close and people were dumping waste in streets (unsanitary and dirty)

THE FACTS

Of the Black Death

The Black Death was an outbreak of a plague in Europe in the mid-14th century

Symptoms: Headache, nausea, vomiting, aching joints, and a generally ill feeling.

It is very slim that you'd survive unless you moved away uninfected. 25 million deaths were
caused.

THE CAUSES

Of this harmful tragedy

They thought God was angry with them (they didn't understand biology of diseases) and believed It was a divine punishment

We know that infected rats settled there. When the rats died, the flees would get hungry and bite
humans.

PROTECTION

And preventions

They cleaned/burning streets, lighting aromatic fires to tackle miasma to prayer, and more.

We can make our homes rodent proof and wear gloves while handling/skinning infected animals to avoid contact.

TREATMENTS

Theirs and now

One is put to bed and washed in vinegar and rose water (bloodletting, spiritual, herbal, animal)

Antibiotics (streptomycin, gentamicin, chloramphenicol,
tetracycline)

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HOW DID THE DISEASE

Change life for Western Europe?

How it changed life for people in Europe was the people who had survived suffered communal crisis in faith and instead of becoming more religious, people harbors thoughts

HOW DID IT AFFECT

Population & towns and cities, and life?

It affected the population by reducing the worlds population by almost 74-100million. It took Europe 150years to get their population back.

The whole village starved because of this disease. Towns and cities had food shortage because harvest would not be brought without the menpower.

How it affected life's was by having the people that survived believe it was a chance for them to change their lives. It also affected their religion and art.