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Objective: To make the students aware of
the devastating diseases of the past and their possible
reoccurrence in the future.
Crisis in Crisis in EuropeEurope
By 1300 Europeans were farming almost all the land they could cultivate.
A population crisis developed. Climate changes in Europe produced
three years of crop failures between 1315-17 because of excessive rain.
As many as 15% of the peasants in some English villages died.
One consequence ofstarvation & povertywas susceptibility todisease.
Perceived Causes•Vapors from a volcano•Jews poisoned the Gentiles
•Blood imbalances•God’s wrath
The Real The Real CulpritsCulprits
The Disease The Disease CycleCycleFlea drinks rat blood
that carries the bacteria.
Flea drinks rat blood that carries the
bacteria.
Flea’s gut cloggedwith bacteria.
Flea’s gut cloggedwith bacteria.
Bacteriamultiply inflea’s gut.
Bacteriamultiply inflea’s gut.
Flea bites human and regurgitates blood into human wound.
Flea bites human and regurgitates blood into human wound.
Human is infected!Human is infected!
1347: Plague 1347: Plague Reaches Europe!Reaches Europe!
Symptoms of the Plague
• Painful swellings in armpits, neck, and groin called buboes (boo-bows).
• High fever
• Blood vessels burst under skin turning it black.
• Untreated mortality rate- 75%
The The SymptomsSymptoms
Bulbous
Septicemia Form:
almost 100% mortality rate.
Medieval Art & the Medieval Art & the PlaguePlague
An obsession with death.
Medieval Art & the Medieval Art & the PlaguePlague
Bring out your dead!
Medieval Art & the Medieval Art & the PlaguePlague
Attempts to Stop the Attempts to Stop the PlaguePlague
A Doctor’s Robe
“Leeching”
Attempts to Stop the Attempts to Stop the PlaguePlague
Flagellant:Self-inflicted “penance” for our
sins!
Attempts to Stop the Attempts to Stop the PlaguePlaguePogroms against the
Jews
“Jew” hat
“Golden Circle” obligatory badge
Methods of treatment•Bathing in human urine•Placing dead animals in the home
•Amputation
Tools Used for
Amputation
Lancing a BuboeLancing a Buboe
Many priests, who cared for the sick, caught the disease from
their patients and died.
Effects of the Plague• Government halted • Loss of labor force• Manufacturing suffered • Loss of family members• Trade was disrupted • Religious beliefs altered• Prices increased
A Little Macabre A Little Macabre DittyDitty“A sickly season,” the
merchant said,“The town I left was filled with dead,and everywhere these queer red fliescrawled upon the corpses’ eyes,eating them away.”
“Fair make you sick,” the merchant said,“They crawled upon the wine and bread.Pale priests with oil and books,bulging eyes and crazy looks,dropping like the flies.”
The Mortality
Rate35% - 70%
25,000,000 dead !!!
What were the
political,economic,and social
effectsof the Black
Death??
Could it Happen Again?The conditions present in the
14th century provided an ideal situation for the development of this devastating epidemic.
Discuss, what environmental, social, scientific, and sanitary changes have been made in our present society that would limit the possibility of a modern outbreak of the plague ?
ANSWER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!• Control of rat
population• Use of
insecticides• Sanitary disposal
of garbage and waste
• Improved personal hygiene
• Use of antibiotics• Improvements in the
medical profession• Increased knowledge
of communicable disease
• Quarantine procedures on imports of food and animals
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