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What was the 'Bubonic Plague'? |
A type of plague which resulted in people having painful swelling (bubeos) grown in their armpits and groin and would get a high fever and headache. Would also become unconcious and die a few days later in dreadful agony. Caused by spreading from flees. |
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What was the 'Preunomic Plague' |
A type of plague which attacked people's lungs. People with this would cough up blood and die very soon. |
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How was the 'Prenumoic Plague' spread? |
By people breathing or coughing germs on to one another. People in the Middle Ages didn't realise this. |
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Why did some people think the plague was caused by the body's humours being out of balance? |
Galen says in his book of fevers that the body does not become sick unless it clearly contains evil humours. |
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Why did some people think the plague was God's punishment? |
It was an idea that God often allowed plagues, conflict, wars, etc to terrify and torment men and drive out their sins. |
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Effect of the planets |
A general cause was thought to be the close position of the 3 planets Saturn, Jupiter and Mars. |
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Blocked digestive system |
Some people thought the particular cause of disease in each person was the state of the body, bad digestion, weakness and blockage. |
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Invisible spirits in the air |
Some believed that plague was caused by an airy spirit leaving the eye of a sick man and striking the eye of a healthy bystander looking at him. |
