Black Death

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    Halina Suchecka

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    • The Black Death killed about one-third to two-thirds of the population.
    • Disease was caused by the pathogen Yersinia Pestis that was passed by a bite of a flea on rat
    • People thought it was caused by:
      God punishing them for their sins
      Miasma-bad smelling air
      Movement of planets
    • Attempts to cure/treat the disease were:
      Priests urged people to pray for forgiveness
      Flagellants whipped themselves
      Balancing the 4 humours by bloodletting
    • People placed posies of sweet smelling flowers to get rid of miasma
    • King Edward III ordered the mayor of london to clean the city streets.
    • The goverment did very little to deal with the disease
    • After the Black death there were some attempts to improve public health such as:
      London built a jetty out into the thames to get rid of carcasses could be taken away by boat
      in 1415 the mayor reordered the rebuidling of a latrine in Moorgate that had been spilling out causing miasma