Black Death In The 13th Century

The Black Death left its mark on medieval society. The Black Death was the most devastating epidemic in world history. A third of the population died in Europe. Doctors during this period faced numerous challenges in dealing with the deadly disease. During the 14th Century, the lives of doctors were severely impacted. The doctors were significantly impacted during the Black Death. This essay will be focusing on the Black Death. How it impacted medieval society during the 13th and the 14th century. The focus questions that this essay will include are. What was life like for the doctors dealing with the Black Death? What were there methods of healing/curing the Black Death? And what was the society expectation of doctors in dealing with the Black Death? …show more content…
People blamed God, the stars, and bad air. The doctors continued to fight source of evil odours and unbalanced humours and bleed their patients to balance them. What was life like for the doctors dealing with the Black Death? The doctors had known clue what cursed the Black Death. People tried to get the Black Death out of them by hitting them self’s with a whip and doctors cutting victim’s blood out of them to bleed them out. The doctors used leather cloaks to deal with the Black Death but they didn’t know that the Black Death spread by fleas so they put herpes were thy noses was.

What were there methods of healing/curing the Black Death? Doctors used many cures for the Black Death put they weren’t successful. The remedy’s that the doctor used were strange such as rubbing a chicken on the victim’s body, a hens butt needed to be shaved and then strapped on the (swollen lymph nodes of the sick person). More strange cures consist with drinking urine, bleeding, Burning spices and herbs to clean the air, drinking a mixture of ground roasted egg shells and