SECTION 6 DISEASE AND MEDICAL TREATMENT:Period 3 by kate Leavey https://padlet.com/kathleenleavey/y0q7s90kh4jq List 3 important/interesting facts from the reading -- Challenge: Include a Picture (Don't forget to properly title your post) en-us 2015-10-15 22:29:03 UTC 2016-10-25 19:06:53 UTC hello@padlet.com http://www.themiddleages.net/images/black_death.jpg Period3_Elena K https://padlet.com/kathleenleavey/y0q7s90kh4jq/wish/133139307
  • towns were very dirty, causing  many diseases
  • leprosy was common, but had no real cure back then and lepers were made recluses from town
  • doctors sometimes used less scientific methods
    • ]]>     2016-10-25 18:46:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kathleenleavey/y0q7s90kh4jq/wish/133139307     Period3_Emma K https://padlet.com/kathleenleavey/y0q7s90kh4jq/wish/133139523 -Common diseases had no cures and spread 
    -Towns kept carriers of diseases out of the town far away from everyone
    -Medieval doctors tried using herbs, "magic charms", and by opening patients' veins and applying leeches

    ]]>     2016-10-25 18:46:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kathleenleavey/y0q7s90kh4jq/wish/133139523     Period3_Mitchell S https://padlet.com/kathleenleavey/y0q7s90kh4jq/wish/133139593 -towns were dirty
    -there were no (real) medical treatments
    -people were unhygienic

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  • many illnesses were spread
  • people of different religion (example. Jews) were blamed for diseases
  • hospitals were not common back then
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