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Black Death



             susceptible to superstitions. Some of the early treatments for .
             the plague were the wearing of excrement and bathing in human .
             urine. Other precautions were the use of leeches and the placing .
             of dead animals in infested homes (Zeigler 35). .
             Today he Bubonic Plague has a vaccine that lasts for about six .
             months. It is not available in the United States yet. A new .
             vaccine is being worked on and could be licensed later this .
             year. Travelers to plague infested areas should take a special .
             antibiotic. The most effective way to prevent plague is better .
             sanitation. .
             As plagues occurred regularly after the 1350's, .
             preventative measures began to grow. Plague patients were .
             placed in pesthouses, isolated from the general population. .
             Ships coming in from areas where plague had broken out were .
             forced to stay out of the port for forty days. This stopped .
             3 .
             plague infested individuals from bringing the plague ashore, and .
             if the plague was present on the ship, it would die out during .
             the forty day quarantine. Doctors wore protective gear to .
             prevent themselves from being infected (Nardor 53). .
             Among the most vivid accounts of the Black Plague's .
             origins and symptoms are those of its earliest survivors. The .
             early symptoms of the plague include: shivering, headache, .
             vomiting, intolerance to light, pain in the back and limbs, and .
             a white coating on the tongue. The more vivid symptom in men .
             and women was the appearance of certain swellings in the groin .
             and armpit area. These swellings, called buboes, were very .
             painful swollen lymph nodes. From the two areas mentioned, the .
             deadly swellings would begin to spread and within a short period .
             of time they would appear at random all over the body. These .
             swellings, to anyone unfortunate enough to contract them, were .
             definite signs that they would soon die (Bunson 93). .
             Another common symptom of the Black Plague is the .
             appearance of black blood under the skin after death. Severe .


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