Plague Doctor
What did Plague Doctors wear?
Beak shaped mask with long over coats
What are the least worrying symptoms?
Fevers, headaches, and chills
What century was the Black Plague?
1300's
How did it spread?
Why did they stuff their masks with flowers?
They believed that the good smell would keep them from getting sick.
What is fatigue?
Feeling tired or weak
Where did the plague start?
Central Asia near a lake
How many people died?
50 million people in Europe
Why did many Plague Doctors get sick?
They didn't understand how the disease was spread.
What is famine?
The most severe kind of starvation
Where did the plague then spread to?
France and Spain
Why was the plague so contagious?
The infected fleas would move on to someone else after biting someone very fast.
What are the treatment methods?
Blood leading, herbal medicines, potions, and topical
What are the most severe symptoms?
What percent of the population died?
30-50%
Quarantine efforts, natural immunity, and possibly genetic shifts in the human population
How did the Plague Doctors use leeches to treat the Plague?
They would use leeches to suck the "bad blood" out of the infected body. (Bloodletting)
What symptom was shown at the bottom of slide five?
Lymph nodes(buboes)
What was the lake called where the plague originated?
Lake Issyk Kul, and is now known as Kyrgyzstan
What was the bacteria called that spread the plague?
Yersinia Pestis