Questions About The Time of the Black Death

Part A 

• 1.how did medicine change during the middle ages

medical knowlege in the middle ages stood still it didnt chang much 

but most things linked to the romans  was destroyed 

• 2.what was medicale beliefe at the time 

one of the most common beliefs during this time conserned some of their humors 

it was believed that four humours or fluids enterd into the mans blood ,phlegm,choler

 and melancholy according to there beliefs they believed that too much of any of them

 could cause the disease. and that the cure layed in purging or avoiding the

 peccant humour,by reducing the amount of blood

• 3. provide some effective treatments that were used during the time 
• Aromatherapy 

 armatherapy was one of the most popular treatments that have actually survived 

untill today. that is the treatment of the body using different smells back during the 

black death days people were told to carry sweat smelling flowers with them were 

ever they went ,if they could not get flowers they were told to carry packets of herbs  

Religion 

in a more religiouse world that today most people turned to religion.

some people thought that the disease came as a punishment from god and 

others thought that god was testing them. when the disease spread to the middle east 

muslims were told to sit back and suck it up because it was a will from god 

Rotten treacle 

treacle was a product of suger producted  would often be given to the sick 

you had to be at least 10 years for it to actually be affective the old smelly, 

sticky substance did not only help the disease but it rid the body of it for good

living in a sewer 

when people found out that the black death was airborne they began 

they began to go and visit or even live in the sewers.the people thought 

that the strong smell of rotten human waste would discourage the cleaner air 

                                    from coming near and infecting them

• 4. how did the black death spread

because europe was trading with the east. some medieval europeans were aware of  a mesteriouse disease sweeping throught asia in 1330. from asia it spread throughout the trade route passing turkistan and the black sea region by the black rat and these fleas caused it