The Great Plague Outbreak in 1665 Summary
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- The Great Plague, 1665
- Cause
- Astrology
- Comet Spotted
- Odd alignment in October 1664
- Punishment from God
- Disease sent to clean up God's kingdom
- Miasma
- This theory was by far the most popular.
- Vapour came up from the soil when it got warmer
- This theory fitted because bigger outbreaks generally appeared when the weather was warmer
- Contagion
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- Astrology
- Treatment
- Sweating
- Wrapping up in thick, woollen clothes and sitting in front of a fire to sweat off the disease.
- Transference
- Strapping chickens to buboes and hoping the disease would transfer to the chicken and leave the patient was commonplace
- Herbal Remedies
- Very popular. Came in forms of medicines, poultices and rubs.
- Sweating
- Prevention
- Run away from London
- Prayer and repentance
- Quarantine anybody infected with the plague
- Carry a pomander to drive away miasma
- Various diets include: fasting and diets heavy with garlic and sage fried in butter.
- Plague doctors wore special costumes. They had bird-like masks, with herbs to ward of miasma. Birds were thought to attract disease so the disease might be attracted to the bird-like shape and leave the patient.
- Smoking tobacco was used to ward off miasma..
- Because buboes were symptoms of the Great Pox and the Great Plague, people thought that could only catch one at a time. People tried to catch the Great Pox to avoid the plague but it did not work.
- Government Preventions
- Public meetings, fairs, and large funerals banned.
- Theatres closed
- Streets and alleyways swept and cleaned.
- Fires set up at street corners to drive away evil miasma.
- Stray animals like cats, dogs and pigeons were killed if seen on the street in case they spread disease.
- Mayor sent out searchers to each house checking for plague victims. If there were then they were sent o plague houses or kept in quarantine for 40 days. Every day carts would drive through town to pick up dead bodies.
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