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Good
morning it is Tuesday so that means it is gross facts day, it is also
a bloody cold day but today's facts are about the black death, some
of which come from Leo.
The
Black Death happened in the middle ages and killed a bloody lot of
people.
Plaque
doctors or any doctor at the time need three qualifications
1:
To be able to lie and not get caught
2:
To pretend to be honest
3:
To cause death without guilt
Treatments
included.............
Cutting
up a pigeon and rubbing it over an infected body (Leo)
Drinking
stuff like vinegar mixed with arsenic or mercury (Leo)
Sitting
close to a fire in a sewer to drive out the fever (Leo)
Doctors
often tasted the patients urine
The
first death was in 1330 and the last was in 1405
Plague
doctors
wore
a mask
with
a bird-like beak
to
protect them from being infected by the disease, which they believed
was
airborne.
In fact, they thought disease was spread by miasma,
a noxious form of 'bad air.'
I've read a couple of books on the plague. Right now, I'm reading about the Spanish Flu of 1918-9. That book is even more chilling.
ReplyDeleteOh goodness, not a good time to be alive back then.
ReplyDeleteIn high school I read everything I could get my hands on at the library on the plague and the great fire of London. Was supposed to be a 3-5 minute oral book report but I was so intrigued by those two subjects in the one book I first read that I ended up reading about a dozen books and gave a very gross and dramatic report that lasted for the entire hour and 15-20 minutes of class the next day. Got a standing ovation and an A+. I still remember I read a couple of diaries and those were really fascinating. Real people's writing about what was happening. Wow! Terrible times.
ReplyDeleteWow, I gotta say, those cures sound worse than any disease.
ReplyDeleteSo scary. Not a good time for those living at that period of time.
ReplyDeleteChris.......That would be so intersting
ReplyDeleteMargaret.....I agree
Rita......Now that is cool, I love history
Karen.....Oh yeah I agree
Nancy....same here
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