The great plauge Flashcards
How much did the UK’s population grow in two hundred years?
From 120,000 to 500,000
Was London a nice place to live?
No
How were the streets like in London?
Houses were packed into small spaces and was very dirty, people threw their rubbish into the trees
Why did the plague break out?
The plague came from China from trading with rats and fleas, it then spreaded to people
How did the bubonic plague spread?
Fleas bite rats, rats then bite the fleas and then the fleas bite the humans
How did the pneumonic plague break out?
The infected person coughed near another person who then caught the disease
Why did the plague break out in the summer of 1665?
The plague arrived from Holland were there was the plague a few yers earlier
The summer was hot in 1665 so diseases spread quickly at that time
Who left the cities?
The wealthy including the king, many doctors and members of the clergy (parliament)
What did people thought of how the plague began?
God punished us for our sins
The movement of planets
Bad smells
Being close to infected people
What was a plague doctor?
A specialist that tried to heal victims of the Black Death
Where were plague doctors hired?
Towns who has lots of victims of the Black Death
Who did the doctors heal?
The poor and rich people who got the Black Death
What did Samuel Pays say in his diary about the Black Death?
Poverty spread the disease easily And MST doctors left the city because of superstition, prayers and sold curses
What was a remedy that was thought to help the people who got the plague?
Wrap the person in wool clothes until they sweat. Keep warm until their sores begin to rise and then apply to the sores half live cut pigeons or a plaster with egg yolk, honey, herbs of grace and wheat flour
