Bubonic Plague vs. Modern day Biological Threats
Bubonic Plague vs. Modern day Biological Threats The Bubonic Plague took Europe by storm in 1348 A.D killing 1/3 of its people. It wiped out over 1000 villages in England. Because of the plague, the lives of every European were drastically altered. But most people don't even realize is that the Black Death still exists with us in the world today. The difference between modern and medieval reactions to biological threats and actions taken to control them is the answer to why we don't suffer from the bubonic Plague and such of the like today. "Human infection [of the bubonic plague] usually occurs in areas of unsanitary living conditions where the humans come into close contact with rats" (ponderosa-pine). Since rodents were com
"There were many who pleaded with their relatives not to abandon them at nightfall" (jefferson. mon in the middle ages, escape was not easy. They tortured them until the Jews would "admit" that they were part of a conspiracy to kill the Christians. It was assumed by medieval doctors that the air, person to person, spread the disease. As a result, the Jews were burnt to death, and wherever they were expelled they were caught by the peasants and stabbed or drowned. It seems as though the rules were concerning the emotional state of the population more than sanitation. The angry and distraught public leapt at the opportunity for blame. Many died unseen, and remained in their beds until their neighbors couldn't take the smell any more. They then would be thrown onto the other bodies to be sent off for burial. Bodies could not be removed from where they were found, carried out or returned to the city, or be seen by any person unless they are a blood relative. Some of the rules were important, but others seem to be useless.
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