1500-1700 Renaissance [Great Plague 1665] Flashcards
(17 cards)
When was the Great plague?
1665
What did people believe caused the Plague?
Miasma was the most widely believed. Far fewer believed it was an imbalance of the 4 humours. People knew that disease could be passed from person to person
What is quarantine an example of?
Treatment
What other similar treatments/ remedies were used for the Great plague?
Herbal remedies, either mixed at home or by apothecaries and ‘quack’ doctors.
What were new treatments for the great plague?
Transference
(and sweating out the disease)
What was Transference?
People trying to transfer the disease to something else, such as a chicken.
How would treatment work for trying to sweat out disease?
Wrapping the sufferer in thick blankets and put next to a fire
What was the main difference of the plague outbreak between 1665 and 1348?
Government action / action of local councils
Theatres would be closed and large gathering were band, what is this a new example of?
Government action
What would happen to the cats and dogs due to local councils being ordered by the kind to stop the plagues spread?
They would be killed
What would be done with the streets due to Gov. action to stop the plague spreading?
They would be regularly cleaned
What would be burned in the streets to help stop the plague spreading?
Barrels of tar
Daily, what would carts collect and what would then happen with the collected things?
Dead bodies which would then be buried in deep mass graves
What would happen to the occupants if someone within caught the plague?
Boarded in for 40 days - or taken to the pest house
How long would people be boarded in their home if they caught the plague?
40 days
Days of fasting and another activity were ordered by Gov. to stop plague spread.
What was the other activity?
Public prayers.
What were the features and uses of a Plague Doctor costume?
(3 things)
•Masks containing sweet-smelling herbs.
•Cloak that was waxed so nothing from the patent would be absorbed by it.
•Since birds were believed to attract disease- the bird shaped mask was in hope that it would cause the disease to leave the patient.
