Renaissance: The Great Plague Flashcards
1
Q
When was the Great Plague?
A
1665
2
Q
How many people died?
A
100,000
3
Q
What caused it?
A
Astrology
God
Miasmas
Passed person to person (not popular)
4
Q
What were treatments?
A
Same as in 1348
Prayer
Herbs
Changes to diet
5
Q
What did plague doctors do?
A
Wore special costumes to avoid catching the disease
6
Q
What did the government do?
A
Ordered specific instructions on what to do
Ordered cats, dogs and pigeons killed
Public meetings banned
Theatres closed
Streets swept clean
Hired searchers and wearied to look for dead bodies and to quarantine houses (red cross on door)
