Bam! All of a sudden two- thirds of the population had been wiped out - what is the cause? The Black Death was a terrible disease that swept through Europe in the year 1348. This disease has many names but the scientific name is the bubonic plague. The Black Death, though disastrous, had both positive and negative results through medical advances, a population decrease and an aftermath that affected history. The medical advances due to the disease had a big impact on the world. Before The Black Death swept through Europe the medical practices were quite simple. For an example doctors didn?t really know much about the medical practices they were mostly based on faith and simple home remedies. Some people even thought that disease was
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"The Black Death." History.com. A+E Networks, 2010. Web. 07 Mar. 2016.
However the medical practices were not always so practical for an example some doctors believed that fresh air could prevent the spread of the disease unfortunately it was not successful(Truitt 14). The doctors also thought that applying leeches to the skin of the victims to purge the body of illness. Doctors were not the only people involved with the illness the church had a part in the medical field to. Priests would have people come in church where relics of saints were kept in hope that it .would heal (Truitt 16).
After The Black Death the medical advances changed new technology and knowledge helped to discover new diseases and ways to treat them. At first the practice of dissecting bodies was considered a crime However students still practiced on bodies regardless of it being a crime (Inglls-Arkell). At the time no one really figured out what caused The Black Death it took some time after to figure out the disease (Inglls-Arkell). There for making it extremely difficult to perform research to help in the advancement of technology. www.I09 Gizmodo.com
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The Black Death decreased the population also by the not so sanitary conditions in the middle ages. Peasants who needed to work also buried the dead bodies and burned them which also spread the disease faster throughout the region. Social classes also played a huge part in the population decrease when the sick lower class people got sick it left the risk of the higher classes to get sick to. When the higher class people moved to other regions to escape the deadly disease they not only spread it over the new area that they traveled to but they also died of the plague leaving behind devastation and disaster in there
"The Black Death." History.com. A+E Networks, 2010. Web. 07 Mar. 2016.
However the medical practices were not always so practical for an example some doctors believed that fresh air could prevent the spread of the disease unfortunately it was not successful(Truitt 14). The doctors also thought that applying leeches to the skin of the victims to purge the body of illness. Doctors were not the only people involved with the illness the church had a part in the medical field to. Priests would have people come in church where relics of saints were kept in hope that it .would heal (Truitt 16).
After The Black Death the medical advances changed new technology and knowledge helped to discover new diseases and ways to treat them. At first the practice of dissecting bodies was considered a crime However students still practiced on bodies regardless of it being a crime (Inglls-Arkell). At the time no one really figured out what caused The Black Death it took some time after to figure out the disease (Inglls-Arkell). There for making it extremely difficult to perform research to help in the advancement of technology. www.I09 Gizmodo.com
Population …show more content…
The Black Death decreased the population also by the not so sanitary conditions in the middle ages. Peasants who needed to work also buried the dead bodies and burned them which also spread the disease faster throughout the region. Social classes also played a huge part in the population decrease when the sick lower class people got sick it left the risk of the higher classes to get sick to. When the higher class people moved to other regions to escape the deadly disease they not only spread it over the new area that they traveled to but they also died of the plague leaving behind devastation and disaster in there