The Great Plague - Lord Mayor's orders, Causes, Cures/treatments, Symptoms

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  • The Great Plague
    • Causes
      • Astrology
      • Infection
        • By breath
        • By stench of sores
        • By sweat
      • An inbalance of the four humours
      • looking at a victim
      • Miasma
      • God
    • Lord Mayor's orders
      • Boarded up infected houses
        • Large crosses on doors and 'Lord have mercy on us'
        • For 40 days
          • Watchmen appointed to make sure that no one escaped
        • Unless infected go to Pest-houses
          • Special plague hospitals
      • Records of causes of deaths were kept
      • Dead were only buried at night
      • Fires lit around the city (London)
      • Stray dogs were killed
        • No other animals were kept in the city
  • Cures/ treatments
    • The Great Plague
      • Causes
        • Astrology
        • Infection
          • By breath
          • By stench of sores
          • By sweat
        • An inbalance of the four humours
        • looking at a victim
        • Miasma
        • God
      • Lord Mayor's orders
        • Boarded up infected houses
          • Large crosses on doors and 'Lord have mercy on us'
          • For 40 days
            • Watchmen appointed to make sure that no one escaped
          • Unless infected go to Pest-houses
            • Special plague hospitals
        • Records of causes of deaths were kept
        • Dead were only buried at night
        • Fires lit around the city (London)
        • Stray dogs were killed
          • No other animals were kept in the city
    • Wear amulets
    • Plague doctors
    • Keep gold, Elizabethan coin in mouth
    • Carried posies of flowers
    • God
      • Praying
      • Fasting
      • Flogging
    • Chickens strapped to sores
    • Make someone sweat
      • Then apply live, cut in half, pigeons
      • Or apply plaster
        • Made of egg yolk, honey, herb of grace (common rue), wheat flour
    • Blood letting
    • Eating crushed emeralds
    • Drinkng 10 year old treacle
    • Eat arsnic powder
    • Run away
    • Sit in a sewer

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