Cures for bubonic plague (which never worked)
1. Kill the Jewish The governors of different cities would gather all Jew’s and burned them alive. Now you’re probably thinking that how did they know if they killed a few people that weren’t Jews. Well that never happened because the Jews had to wear the colour yellow. The Jews admitted they poisoned the well and the rivers that leads to their cities, however the Jews were tortured into admitting they poisoned the water by getting burning hot metal and burning it into them. Thousands of Jews were killed some were forced into putting a stop into it but they didn’t know how to. The people dead from the plague were forgiven for all their sins and could enter heaven.
2. To rub wounds with a live chicken …show more content…
Let leeches suck you dry Letting leeches suck you dry was really popular during the Middle Ages it used to cure everything. Although this procedure was really expensive. This was a painless method of blood sucking. Most people could not afford this so they just cut their skin open. They would push a blade into a vein and blood is drained out into a bowl. I=this was so popular because infections were so common.
7. To live in a sewer When people figured the Black Death was airborne (which it wasn’t) people began to visit and live in sewers. The people thought that the foul smell of the sewers would block the infected air from coming in because of the stench.
8. Rotten Treacle-product of sugar This is often given to sick patients. The medicine had to be ten years old to be considered effective (which it wasn’t). Rotten Treacle would cure the disease and it would get rid of the disease for good. This had a better chance of curing the disease however the substance was too thick to
1. Kill the Jewish The governors of different cities would gather all Jew’s and burned them alive. Now you’re probably thinking that how did they know if they killed a few people that weren’t Jews. Well that never happened because the Jews had to wear the colour yellow. The Jews admitted they poisoned the well and the rivers that leads to their cities, however the Jews were tortured into admitting they poisoned the water by getting burning hot metal and burning it into them. Thousands of Jews were killed some were forced into putting a stop into it but they didn’t know how to. The people dead from the plague were forgiven for all their sins and could enter heaven.
2. To rub wounds with a live chicken …show more content…
Let leeches suck you dry Letting leeches suck you dry was really popular during the Middle Ages it used to cure everything. Although this procedure was really expensive. This was a painless method of blood sucking. Most people could not afford this so they just cut their skin open. They would push a blade into a vein and blood is drained out into a bowl. I=this was so popular because infections were so common.
7. To live in a sewer When people figured the Black Death was airborne (which it wasn’t) people began to visit and live in sewers. The people thought that the foul smell of the sewers would block the infected air from coming in because of the stench.
8. Rotten Treacle-product of sugar This is often given to sick patients. The medicine had to be ten years old to be considered effective (which it wasn’t). Rotten Treacle would cure the disease and it would get rid of the disease for good. This had a better chance of curing the disease however the substance was too thick to