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What were hospitals used for during the Black Death? |
Spiritual comfort rather than cure |
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Different types of medical staff during the Black Death? |
Physician, Surgeon, Barber-Surgeon and Apothecaries |
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What were Physicians? |
Physicians had graduated from medical school and were, therefore qualified. They rarely touched their patient or cured them. |
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What were Surgeons? |
Most were not university trained and learnt mostly by experience. They fixed broken bones and closed wounds. |
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What were Barber-Surgeons? |
Most could not read and had not been university educated and worked as an assistant to a surgeon. Usually added to their income by cutting hair part time. |
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What were Apothecaries? |
Apothecaries are like pharmacists. They sell herbal mixes, spices and home made remedies. |
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How long was life expectancy in the middle ages? |
31 for females and 35 for males. |
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What were towns like in the middle ages? |
Unhealthy, dirty, polluted, sewage often ran through the middle of the street, no running water, poor hygiene, rubbish disposal was an issue. |
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Where did the black death originate? |
China |
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What was the most popular way it spread? |
Through travel and trade. |
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What is the Black Death in French? |
Morte Blue |
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What are the three forms of the Black Death? |
Bubonic, Neumonic, Septicemic |
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What form was the most common? |
Bubonic |
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Name three symptoms of bubonic plague? |
1. Black blue or purple buboes 2. Nausea, vomiting 3. Fever |
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How did bubonic plague spread? |
Through direct contact with fleas |
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Name three symptoms of pneumonic plague? |
1. Infected lungs 2. Bloody Discharge 3. Mucus Discharge |
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How did pneumonic plague spread? |
Through airborne droplets of saliva |
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Name three symptoms of septicemic plague? |
1. High Fever 2. Skin turned dark shades of purple, blue or black. 3. Most victims died the same day they got the disease. |
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What was the plague caused by? |
Yersinia Pestis in the blood of fleas |
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Which form of the black plague is the most deadly? |
Septicemic |
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How did septicemic plague spread? |
Direct contact with fleas |
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What was the mortality rate of bubonic plague? |
30% - 70% |
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What was the mortality rate for pneumonic plague? |
90% - 95% |
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What was the mortality rate of septicemic plague? |
100% |
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Name some of the things people thought caused the black death? |
Miasma, God's Will, Jews poisoning water, Contact with the infected, Eye contact, Astrology, Witchcraft, Overeating |
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Name three short-term effects of the Black Death? |
1. mass burials 2. huge death toll 3. impact from decline in population |
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Name five long-term effects of the Black Death? |
1. Danse Macabre 2. Social Mobility 3. Weakening of the feudal system 4. Weakening of the Church 5. Improvement of medicine |
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Name a particular type of medicine that was improved significantly during and after the Black Death? |
Autopsies |
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What is the Black Death in Latin? |
Pestis Atra |
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What does Pestis Atra mean in English? |
Terrible Plague |
