Mediaeval to Renaissance treatment of disease Flashcards
Did bleeding and purging continue or change
Remain popular to balance the four humours
What was used to purge the bowels during the great plague
Rhubarb
Why didn’t purging work
Weakened patients
Herbal remedies remain popular or change 
Remain very popular
What were books are used to spread ideas about
Herbs
What stayed the same about religion
Many people still prayed and some people wore charms
What was a new idea about treatment of disease during the renaissance
Transferrence 
What was transferrence the idea of
An illness could be transferred from a patient to something else if you rub an object on it
What would people rub on warts to transfer it
Onions
What changed about herbal remedies
Exploration of the New World brought new herbs and spices that people in England hadn’t seen before
What was the first plague called and when was it
The Black Death
1348-1349
What was the second plague called and when was it
The great plague
1665 - 1666
What caused the Black Death
Germs carried on fleas on the back of rats which carried the disease from Asia
What caused the great plague
Poor sanitation which led to sewage and waste being discarded in the streets and river
This resulted in an increase in the population of black rats which carried the bubonic plague bacteria
What occurred during the Black Death
Flaggents whipped themself’s
A plague doctor would inspect suspected cases of the plague and isolate the infected and their families in there homes
Isolation of people in plague hospitals
Which plague was more coordinated
The great plague
What was done during the great plague
Government induced a quarantine for all ships coming to London
If a house contained someone infected with the plague they were locked inside with a red cross painted on their door
People lit fires in the streets to use the smoke to block out the bad smells (miasma)
No stranger was allowed to enter a town unless they had a certificate of health
When did the great plague rise and fall
Rose during the summer of 1665
And had fallen by the winter and into 1666
Causes of the plague that people believed
Miasma
the four humours
God
What they believed cured the Black Death
Bloodletting and purging widely used showing that for humans were still believed
Praying to god

What does plague doctors outfits contain to protect them
Herbs to avoid them smelling the street and gloves and hat so none of the skin was exposed to the air
Why did the black death kill more people than the great plague
Due to the government being more organised in response to the great plague
