Plague of 1655-66 and 1346 1353

• the plague was spread through what?

  Trade as rats that snuck onto the ships carried the bacteria causing plague.
• Differences of bubonic and pneumonic plague?

  Bubonic: transmitted by fleas, causes swollen lymph nodes, fever and coughing up blood.

  Pneumonic: transmitted through respiratory droplets, affects the lungs.

  Both had high mortality rates.
• What worsened the spread of the plague?

  Sanitation, those worst affected by the plague were those that had the worst sanitaion eg. the poor.
• Were doctors useful during the plague? 1655-66

  Only the rich could afford (though as they could afford to they fled)therefore not all were helped. This didn’t matter much as what they had to offer was futile.
• What did the doctors believe treated the plague?

  bloodletting to balance the four humours they believed illness was caused by an imbalance of them.
• What did doctors believed caused plague?

  Miasma.
• who fled from the plague?1655-66

  King Charles, nobility, parliament and most lawyers merchants and doctors.
• why was the 1655-66 plague more organised?

  The lord Mayer and alderman stayed to stop the spread, this was done by closing the city.
• How were they quarantined?1655-66

  If one family member had it the rest would be locked in and an x on their door would distinguish them from uninfected.
• How many people died from the plague? 1655-66

  100,000
• How many people died from the plague of 1346-53 in England?

  1.5 of the 4 million.