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They used protective suits made of leather with a mask with a long nose full of flowers, coz they belived the plague was caused by bad smells.

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Did they have doctors when the plague started?

Doctors did exist at the time of the medieval black plague, however, they did not know anything about the cause or treatment of the plague, and were useless. Medical science was extremely primitive at that period of history.


What did medieval doctors do to treat pneumonic plague?

They tried to treat the plague by cutting open the skin and letting the blood leak out. They thought that the blood was the reason for the black boils on the skin.


What was the plague of medieval times?

The black plague


Why did the doctors wear masks during the plague?

the doctors wore the plague mask because the plague was thought to be spread by birds so that when they treated a person with the plague it would be drawn into their garments because the mask was shaped like a bird.


Why doctors in Europe so unable to do much to help those people who had become sick with the Black Death?

Medieval doctors did not know about microorganisms, and since they had no idea what caused the Plague, they had no idea as to how to help its victims.


What was the dangers in the medieval times?

It is the Black Death. (Black Plague, or Bubonic Plague)


What is a barber surgeon?

A Barber sugeon is a surgeon from the middle ages. They are trained to amputate body parts and take out teeth. They were used because there weren't enough doctors during the plague. The doctors were decent but the surgeons were worse.


What did doctors burn in the plague?

mice or rats.....


The Black dead in the Medieval times?

The Plague victims


What was constant danger in medieval towns called?

Plague


When was the first black plague vaccination?

Medieval Europe.


What led to the decline of medieval towns?

The plague, and wars.