The Infamous Journey of a Captain and his Pearl

Monday, March 17, 2008

What?

What was the best thing that ever happened to you?
The best for me was when I went to Switzerland and saw all the castles and cities!
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THE PLAGUE!!!




The Plague was a disease best known as the Black Death and it came from fleas on the Black Rats. It began in the 1300s in Asia and spread all over the Middle East, Europe and North African countries such as Morocco and Nigeria, There where still accounts of it in the 18 century. People through out that era thought that it was carried by air, so doctors went out in masks and perfume into the air. Most people were not clean either.
The symptoms where coughing, sneezing, coughing up blood, black swelling under the arm pits, going pale and feeling weak. If someone just had hay fever or a cold they were immediately sent to Plague camps where they would get the Plague! During the 13 and 14 centuries the English population was almost halved! Any comments or info?