Renaissance Public Health Flashcards
(8 cards)
1
Q
similarities in the way people treated the black death in medieval compared to great plague
A
- treatment based on religion and superstition
- bloodletting used (caused infections)
- miasma
2
Q
when did the great plague strike London
A
1665
3
Q
A
4
Q
differences in the way people treated the black death in medieval compared to great plague
A
- quarantined victims (red cross painted on door)
- crowded areas closed
- dead victims bodies buried in mass graves
5
Q
did the gov. try to prevent
A
- no attempts
- responses for plague came from local councils
6
Q
how do most people think the plague disappeared- what year
A
many think due to fire of London 1666 helping sterilising large parts of London
7
Q
what new laws were passed in the 1600s- why were these not significant
A
- to clean up the streets
- but these were not enforced and the towns became filthier as they grew bigger
8
Q
why did the rich not want to improve conditions of public health
A
- reluctant to pay taxes to improve public health
- They lived in the cleaner parts of towns and so public health problems affected them less
- The government believed inlaissez-fairewhich meant that they didn’t think it was their job to interfere in the lives of the people.
