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According to Heather Whipps, in the end, social effects of the plague were felt almost immediately after the worst of the plague. The serfs, who survived, benefited from the extreme labor shortage. This was because they finally had the choice of whom to work for. The lords were forced to make conditions better and more attractive in order to keep their workers from leaving their land. This led to an increase in wages.
A few decades later, the lords tried to convert back to the old ways, but they were met with a revolt. These revolts led to lower classes being able to maintain their new freedoms and better pay.

However, the Catholic Church and Jewish population did not fare so well. Due to the epidemic, there was a major distrust in God and the churches. Population decrease led to many churches to simply cease to exist.  These are just a few reasons why the Black Death had such an important role in history.

https://www.livescience.com/2497-black-death-changed-world.html

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According to C.N. Truman, the Black Death was a disease that killed one in three people. There was no such thing as an antibiotic to cure this disease during this time period. However, that did not stop people from trying t come up with 'cures'. These 'cures' ranged from common sense to the absurd. A few of the common sense cures were the vinegar and water treatment, dieting, and sanitation. Some of the absurd 'cures' were things such as lancing the buboes, bleeding, pestilence medicine, and witchcraft. Lancing the buboes and the bleeding technique consist of cutting parts of the body, such as main veins, and leaving them open to allow the disease to come out.
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/medieval-england/cures-for-the-black-death/

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According to the "The Black Death: Bubonic Plague,"  the Black Death caused great fear throughout the Europe for around five years. This comment from an eyewitness account provides a prime example of the amount of fear a community could hold, " Realizing what a deadly disaster had come to them, the people quickly drove the Italians from their city. But the disease remained, and soon death was everywhere. Fathers abandoned their sick sons. Lawyers refused to come and make out wills for the dying. Friars and nuns were left to care for the sick, and monasteries and convents were soon deserted, as they were stricken, too. Bodies were left in empty houses, and there was no one to give them a Christian burial." The reason that comment is accounted as a prime example is because it shows that people were too scared to even stay with their loved ones in their time of death. Even after they would die, their bodies were just left to rot in the place the person died.
An Italian writer described another reason as to why their was so much fear. He stated that the victims often, "ate lunch with their friends and dinner with their ancestors in paradise." People were terrified by the fact they could die that quickly from this disease.
http://www.themiddleages.net/plague.html

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According to Melissa Stroopler, the Black Death plague was an infectious disease that was founded to be caused by a bacteria known as Yersinia pestis. This plague was transmitted by fleas that would feed off of infected animals, usually wild rodents. Those fleas would then bite humans, giving them the disease. Humans could also contract the disease by handling fluids or tissues from infected animals. If humans are infected with the pneumonic plague they have the capability to transmit the disease to others by coughing infectious droplets into the air.
https://www.medicinenet.com/plague_facts/article.htm#how_do_physicians_diagnose_plague

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Changes in Medical Practices in the 17th century

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Changes in Medical Practices in the 17th century

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According to Harvey Van Leeuwenhoek, medical practices had not changed much since the 16th century. People were still handicapped by wrong ideas about the human body, such as the belief there were four fluids. However, more medical information emerged during this time period forcing some doctors to question the traditional ideas. Common treatments were the use of leeches, maggots, mice, ferrets and woodlice, spiders' web, and the oil in cloves. Leeches were used to remove blood from inside the body. Maggots were, and still are, used to remove dead flesh. Mice were thought to cure problems such as earaches. While, ferrets and woodlice were the go-to treatment for the whopping cough. Spiders' web was used to stop nosebleeds, heal wounds, and draw out poison. The oil in cloves was thought to draw out worms that were also thought to cause toothaches.
https://www.baus.org.uk/museum/82/17th_century_medicine

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According to Melissa Stroopler, there ws three major forms of the plague known as the Black Death. These forms were the bubonic plague, the septicemic plague, and the pneumonic plague. Each type of plague had different symptoms. The bubonic plague symptoms included painful enlargment or swollen lymph nodes, chills, headache, fever, and weakness. The symptoms for the septicemic plague include fever, weakness, abdominal pain, chills, and shock. It is possible that tissue bleeding and death led to the dying tissues to appear black. As for the last type of plague, pneumonic plague symptoms include, but were not limited to, chest pains, shortness of breath, cough, fever, chills, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.
https://www.medicinenet.com/plague_facts/article.htm

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According to history.net staff, in October 1347, 12 Genoese trading ships arrived in Europe at the Sicilian port of Messina. Many people gathered on the dock, preparing to greet the sailors, but they were shocked with what they found. On board the ships, most of the sailors were dead and those that were still alive were gravely ill. They had a fever, they were unable to keep food down, and were delirious from the pain. They were covered in black boils that oozed blood and pus. The new found illness would soon be referred to as the "Black Death." Even before the ships arrived into the port at Messina, there were rumors that a "Great Pestilence" was carving a deadly path across the trade routes of the Near and Far East.

http://www.history.com/topics/black-death

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Medical Practices in the 18th century to now

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Medical Practices in the 18th century to now

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According to Carole Reeves, many new medical practices were discovered by the 18th century. William Smellie was was one of the first obstetricians to make one of these scientific studies. His study was on the physical process of childbirth. He offered his services to poor women on the condition that his students were able to attend the birth for educational purposes.  He was able to develop a scientific account for the mechanism of labour, publishing previously unobserved details. William was just one out of many scientists to make discovers. Since the 18th century, we have had the technological advancements that have allowed us to move forward with cures, treatments, and everyday remedies.
http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?ParagraphID=kvb

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This inquiry will describe The Black Death and how it changed the future of medicine.