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Medicine and Diseases. By: Alexis Griffie. Medicines. Google Images. Stomach Pain and Sickness: For stomach pain or sickness, wormwood, mint and balm were used. Google Images. Google Images. Google Images. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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By: Alexis Griffie
Medicine and Diseases
Medicines
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Stomach Pain and Sickness: For stomach pain or sickness, wormwood, mint and balm were used.
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Head Pains: For head pains they were most commonly treated with sweet smells such as rose, lavender, sage and bay.
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Lung Problems: Lung problems were treated by liquorice and comfrey.
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Wounds: Wounds were commonly treated with vinegar. Vinegar was believed to kill the disease.
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Additional Medicines Used For Different Treatments
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Tobacco, Google Images
Arsenic, Google Images
Lilly Root, Google Images
Diseases
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The Bubonic plague was also known as black death. It was called this due to the black spots that appeared on the skin. Bubonic plague is an infection o f the lymph nodes. The victim would usually have the symptoms 2 – 5 days after exposure.
Bubonic Plague:
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The bubonic plague mostly came from fleas. Rodents that were affected by the disease were a host for the flea. The flea then sucked the blood of the affected animal and carried it to a human. This made a cycle that transferred the disease.
Where Did the Bubonic Plague Come From?
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• Chills• Fever• General Ill feeling• Headache• Muscle Pain• Seizures• Smooth but painful bubo (lymph
gland), usually found on groin, armpits, neck or anywhere a scratch or bite has been found.
• Pain usually occurs before swelling
Bubonic Plague; Symptoms
• The common song “ring around the rosie” actually originated from this time period describing the effects of the bubonic plague.• As high as 2/3 of Europe's population
was eliminated due to this disease.• The name black death is modern.
During the plague, it was called "the Great Mortality" or "the Pestilence”.
Facts About Bubonic Plague
• Bacterial disease spread through unclean food, water, and, being in close contact with someone effected.
• Symptoms are:• High fever• Sweating• Diarrhea
Typhoid
• Upper class women that applied make up were usually poisoned because the make up was made with lead.
• Both wealthy and poor were affected by diseases.• Broken bones and wounds made diseases even
worse due to unsanitary conditions.• The only cure for an aching tooth was to pull it
out.• Medicine was very basic during this time.• Doctors wore long dark robes, leather gloves, and
boots.
Interesting Facts
All pictures from Google Images.N/A. “Elizabethan Era”. ”Elizabethan-Era”. March 20,2008. WEB. January 16, 2012
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