It was a regular day in beautiful Marseille, it was 1348 and even when the day was beautiful once could smell the fear of the people in the ambient. Word had spread that the black death was taking many victims. Everyone was worried, everyone except Mr. and Mrs. Dupont. They were newly weds and they were living on their own happiness bubble. Andrew Dupont was a young doctor, he was obsessed with medicine, but he became even more obsessed with his beautiful wife. They were so in love.
The morning started just as any other morning, he kissed her good bye and went to see some of his patients. He stepped outside of the house and he saw the streets. The noisy merchants were there selling their products and lots of people were there, buying them. He thought that once the plague was over, and he and Amelia were going to leave.
When he arrived at his patient house a little kid opened the door, he was crying, …show more content…
He also explained that the lack of hygiene in the city brought instantaneous death. Rats then spread the infection to the humans. Rats were a common sight in the cities, due to the poor sanitary conditions. Unfortunately, it was too late because his wife was already infected. He did everything he could to save his wife and his newborn baby. He knew that he only had 24 hours to save his loved ones. Doctors at that time were unable to cure the plague, but Mr. Dupont as a Doctor tried everything he could, he fumigated his house with herbs, he used arsenic but nothing, he was unable to cure his wife symptoms. As a result, his wife died hours after his colleagues sent the information on how to prevent this tragic disease. Days after the information was released the survivors of the plague began to realize the causes of the disease, so they predicted that their nightmare was coming to an