1. The Black Death was one of the most effective and horrible plagues that struck Europe. It was a deathly disease and killed thirty to sixty percent of Europe's population. The death rate was horrible and people who had this disease were taken fast. It was highly contagious and dangerous. This terrible disease was said to have been passed through by fleas. To deal with the disease some Europeans turned on Jews and attacked Jewish communities blaming them for the epidemic. It did not only hit Europe but hit other countries as well. Unfortunetly the disease traveled fast.
2. This terrible disease was said to have been passed through by fleas. Symptoms of this disease were huge pussy massases on the skin that would puss and bleed when opened. It could also cause breathing problems (bleeding within the lungs) and could kill with in two days. To treat this disease medieval physicians would not allow the patients to do anything and many times gave them herbs to relieve pain.
3. If a plague as serious and harmful as the black death would occur each person would respond a different way. One response is to move out of the country or move around the parts of the nation that have been hit with it. Another approach is to try to find a cure for the plague . This is not likely though, since the nation would be in chaos. Some people may even stay with family or live with them till they die. Others would move healthy family members to a different place and leave the person in the care of a physician.
Giovanni, Baccacio. (1996). Medieval sourcebook- boccaccio: the decameron.
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