1. Medicine and Diseases
By: Alexis Griffie

2. Medicines
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3. Stomach Pain and Sickness: For stomach pain or sickness, wormwood, mint and balm were used.
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4. Head Pains: For head pains they were most commonly treated with sweet smells such as rose, lavender, sage and bay.
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5. Lung Problems: Lung problems were treated by liquorice and comfrey.
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6. Wounds: Wounds were commonly treated with vinegar
Wounds: Wounds were commonly treated with vinegar. Vinegar was believed to kill the disease.
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7. Additional Medicines Used For Different Treatments
Tobacco, Google Images
Dried Toad, Google Images
Arsenic, Google Images
Lilly Root, Google Images

8. Diseases
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9. Bubonic Plague:
The Bubonic plague was also known as black death. It was called this due to the black spots that appeared on the skin. Bubonic plague is an infection o f the lymph nodes. The victim would usually have the symptoms 2 – 5 days after exposure.
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10. Where Did the Bubonic Plague Come From?
The bubonic plague mostly came from fleas. Rodents that were affected by the disease were a host for the flea. The flea then sucked the blood of the affected animal and carried it to a human. This made a cycle that transferred the disease.
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13. Bubonic Plague; Symptoms
Chills
Fever
General Ill feeling
Headache
Muscle Pain
Seizures
Smooth but painful bubo (lymph gland), usually found on groin, armpits, neck or anywhere a scratch or bite has been found.
Pain usually occurs before swelling

14. Facts About Bubonic Plague
The common song “ring around the rosie” actually originated from this time period describing the effects of the bubonic plague.
As high as 2/3 of Europe's population was eliminated due to this disease.
The name black death is modern. During the plague, it was called "the Great Mortality" or "the Pestilence”.

15. Typhoid
Bacterial disease spread through unclean food, water, and, being in close contact with someone effected.
Symptoms are:
High fever
Sweating
Diarrhea

16. Interesting Facts
Upper class women that applied make up were usually poisoned because the make up was made with lead.
Both wealthy and poor were affected by diseases.
Broken bones and wounds made diseases even worse due to unsanitary conditions.
The only cure for an aching tooth was to pull it out.
Medicine was very basic during this time.
Doctors wore long dark robes, leather gloves, and boots.

17. Work Cited
All pictures from Google Images. N/A. “Elizabethan Era”. ”Elizabethan-Era”. March 20,2008. WEB. January 16, 2012