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Bubonic Death

 

Many courageous priests would minister the sick and dying even though they knew they would probably become infected and die themselves. Another group of professionals who were some of the first to encounter the disease were the seaman, many however did not know the risk of their jobs placed them in. They only started to understand when many of their shipmates would submit to their symptoms.
             The most typical sign of the Black Death was a swollen and very tender lymph gland, which will often turn purple. However, there is almost a schedule that each symptom followed no matter the person. The first symptoms of the Bubonic Plague are headache, nausea, vomiting, and aching joints. The lymph nodes become painfully swollen and the average temperature rises between 101 degrees and 105 degrees F. The person becomes very exhausted and a purple tint in the victim's skin becomes present due to respiratory problems. Death comes in about four days after contracting the disease. The disease was almost a sure ticket to the gates of heaven or the fires of hell.
             At the time the plague reached Europe the most available of the medical society was the barber- surgeons. Most barber-surgeons were illiterate men whose training came from serving as apprentices to surgeons. Because not many cases of the bubonic plague were seen before the barber-surgeons were baffled. The educated doctors were at firing points with each other over new verse old. Some who thought the newer ways would help prescribed bed rest and lots of liquids. Other surgeons who studied Galen's theories believed that the Black Death blocked the flow of the four humors, so they would try to bleed the veins around the heart. No real treatment at the time seemed to really work; it was either run or stay to face the plague. The treatment set today just incase an infection appears seems basic knowledge to any well-educated doctor. .


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