The Black Death by sophia

symptoms

martelso — 2015-09-10 03:39:37 UTC

the most common symptom of the Black Death was to have one or more infected, enlarged and painful lymph nodes. More commonly known as buboes.

treatment

martelso — 2015-09-10 03:42:53 UTC

rotten treacle, a by-product of sugar production was often given to sick patients, although it had to be at least 10 years old in order to work.

Another common treatment was aromatherapy, a treatment of the body using smell. People used to carry around sweet smelling flowers

prevention

martelso — 2015-09-10 03:48:39 UTC

Some people would burn incense like juniper or rosemary into the air.

another common remedy was the remedy of sound; the church bells would ring early in the morning.

deaths

martelso — 2015-09-10 03:55:13 UTC

It has been estimated that about 1/3 of Europe's people were killed from the disease. About 25 million people. in Florence, 75% of the population died. in England, before the plague, there was a population of 70,000, they were left with 6,628. the total deaths world wide was 75 million people.

origins

martelso — 2015-09-10 04:02:52 UTC

the first cases of the Black death occurred in the late 1300's in the Gobi desert in the Mongol empire. the rats started to get sick and dyeing. The fleas on the rats infected their blood with the Black Plague. After rats began to die, the fleas began looking for a new food source, so they moved on to humans.

Bibliography

martelso — 2015-09-17 03:41:00 UTC

Https://sites.google.com/site/theblackdeathmary/medical-prevention

Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubonic_plague

Listverse.com/2013/01/21/10-crazy-cures-for-the-black-death/