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This was a method used by people in the Elizabethan Age in order to treat a patient. Some physicians had no idea what they were doing so they would even do it to an anemic person.

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A fleam was commonly used in the Elizabethan Age for bloodletting. Bloodletting is when a physician was required to let a patient lose an amount of blood to balance the four main bodily humours. Sometimes, this would lead to death.

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1. What were some instruments used by the physicians to treat a patient?
- fleam, leeches, hot iron, clyster, and bow saws

2. Why did physicians have to wear a bird like mask to protect themselves?
- The beaks were filled with something called 'begamot oil' Whenever they approached a victim, it was their custom to start chewing and drinking the things stored in their masks as a precaution to protect themselves form contracting the disease.

3. What were some methods that physicians used in order to attempt to heal a patient?
- In order to attempt to treat the bubonic plague, you had to cut open the sores and butter, onion, and garlic. Vinegar was oftenly used to treat open wounds.

4. Did these methods usually work?
- No, sometimes it would just end up killing the patient.

5. How much did one have to pay a physician in order to get treated?
- A gold coin worth 10 shillings

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Many people in the Elizabethan Age had little to no sanitation and that could be a factor to the many diseases during that time. There was no running water and garbage was dumped from sewers in the streets to the nearest river. There were many rodents, fleas, and lice that flourished and thrived in these dirty environments.

Many physicians during this age had no idea on what they were doing or what could be the cause of all this sickness and disease. They based everything off of the teachings of Aristotle and Hippocrates. Physicians' options were very limited usually to just supplying the patient with herbs or eliminating the bad blood out of the patient by bleeding it out.

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This is a picture from the Elizabethan Era on the bubonic plague.

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More Info On the Black Death/Bubonic Plague: Video

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More Info On the Black Death/Bubonic Plague: Video

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The Black Death or the Bubonic Plague came from Asia when travelers came to Europe. When people traveled, there were rats on their boats and transportation. These rats contained fleas in their bodies that harbored parasites inside them. That is how the plague was brought to Europe.

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In Shakespeare's time there was a plague called the "black death". The physicians knew little of what they were doing. There was no anesthetic when it came to the process of amputating body parts or any of the very odd processes that the physicians at that time used. Only the people with enough money could seek a physician for help but those with not enough money were left to the church to seek comfort.

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Elizabethan times- Health & Medicine (Video Project!)

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QUICK UPDATE: SORRY FOR THE LACK OF UPLOADS. Been busy with school work such as this Video Project. That and I'm lazy. Credits Background Song : LEMMiNO - Moon Outro song : 天気 Ill get back to making videos by this summer!

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In the Elizabethan Era, the physicians wore an attire that covered their whole body including their face to prevent themselves from getting any airborne diseases. Most of the time, their attire was all black because black represented disease.

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1.    What factors/influences contributed to words changing in meaning over the years?
- One factor that contributed to words changing over the years is time and cultural values. In the speech that NPR gave, they noted that 'president' was a low title and it only meant to preside over a meeting or something. But as time went by and culture changed, president soon came to be more popular and used in 100+ countries.

2.    What words can you identify in poetry and/or music that have changed in meaning over past centuries?
- I did research and back then, awful used to mean worthy of awe. Now it just means something terrible. Also back then, naughty used to mean that you had naught or you had nothing; now it means you're foolish or the cause of mischief. Another example is the word cheater used to mean someone appointed to look after the king's escheats; now it is someone who acts dishonestly to gain advantage.

3.    How does this information create a deeper understanding for your study of Shakespeare?
- This information creates a deeper understanding for my study with Shakespeare because it helps me familiarize myself with their literature. Some words we use nowadays don't always have the same meaning they used to have centuries ago in Shakespeare's time.

4.    Rate yourself on the learning scale (turn it in as a ticket-out-the door)