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Saturday, December 03, 2011

The Spread of the Black Death

Europe 1346-53

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In the Middle Ages, when bubonic plague (also know as the Black Death) ran rampant among the people, plague doctors rose to the citizens' rescue. Although few of them were accomplished physicians (and some had no medical background whatsoever) they took up a job no one else wanted: attempting to save those stricken with the Black Death.

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Works Cited

A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia. A.D.A.M., Inc., 2011. Web. 2 Dec. 2011

"The Stuarts - The Plague Doctor." History on the Net. The History on the Net Group, 24 Aug. 2011. Web. 3 Dec. 2011.

Further Reading

~A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001622/

~The disease:

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/plague/

~The Great Plague of 1665:

http://www.historyonthenet.com/Stuarts/great_plague.htm

~Contract of a Plague Doctor:

http://web.mac.com/mloret/iWeb/apeuro06/Plague%20Doctor.html

~National Geographic: the Plague:

http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/health-and-human-body/human-diseases/plague-article/

~William Shakespeare & the Black Death:

http://www.william-shakespeare.info/bubonic-black-plague-elizabethan-era.htm

Test Your Knowledge With Fun && Games

Plague doctor crossword puzzle:

http://www.historyonthenet.com/Stuarts/plaguedoctorcrossword.htm

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Great Plague crossword puzzle:

http://www.historyonthenet.com/Stuarts/greatplaguecrossword.htm

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http://www.historyonthenet.com/Stuarts/greatplaguewordsearch.htm

Great Plague 60 second quiz:

http://www.historyonthenet.com/Stuarts/greatplaguequickquiz.htm

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