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Was a massive outbreak of disease in England that killed 75,000 to 100,000 people, up to aq fifth of London’s population. In the year 1665 death come calling on the city of London. Death in the form of plague. People called it the Black Death, black for the colour of the lumps that foretold its presence ina victim’s body, and death for the inevitable result. It was rumored that dogs and cats spread the disease, so the Lord Mayor ordered all the dogs and cats destroyed. Author Daniel Defoe in his Journal of Palgue Years estimated that 4,000 dogs and 200,000 cats were killed. The red effect of this was that there were fewer natural ememies of the rats who carried the plague fleas, co thegerms spread more rapidly. The palgue strarted in he East, possibly in Cina, and quickly spread through Europe. Whole communities were wiped out and corpses litered the strets as there was no one left to bury them. It was a ghostly disease – it was combined (associated) with compulsive vomiting, swolen tongue and spliting headcahes made it a horrible agonizing killer. By june the roads were clogged with people desperate ro escape London. The Lord Mayor responsed by closing the gates to anyone who did not have a certificate of health. These certificates became a currency more valuable than gold, and a thriving market in foged certificates grew up. So Than, plague was in the city itself. King Charles II of England, his family and his court left the city for Oxfordshire. Only a small number of clergymen, physicions and apothecaries chose the remain, as the plague rage throughout the summer. Plague doctors would traversse the streets, diagnosing victims, although many of them were unqualified physicians. Anyone in constant contact with plague victims, such as doctors, nuses,.. were compled to carry coloured staffs outdoors so that they could be easily seen and avoided. When one person in a house caught the plague he house was sealed until 40 days after the victim either recovered or died (usually later)- Guards were posted at the door to see that no one got out. These houses were distinguished by a pained red cross on the door ant the words „Lord have mercy on us“.
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The great Plague - please correct!
Was a massive outbreak of disease in England that killed 75,000 to 100,000 people, up to aq fifth of London’s population. In the year 1665 death come calling on the city of London. Death in the form of plague. People called it the Black Death, black for the colour of the lumps that foretold its presence ina victim’s body, and death for the inevitable result. It was rumored that dogs and cats spread the disease, so the Lord Mayor ordered all the dogs and cats destroyed. Author Daniel Defoe in his Journal of Palgue Years estimated that 4,000 dogs and 200,000 cats were killed. The red effect of this was that there were fewer natural ememies of the rats who carried the plague fleas, co thegerms spread more rapidly. The palgue strarted in he East, possibly in Cina, and quickly spread through Europe. Whole communities were wiped out and corpses litered the strets as there was no one left to bury them. It was a ghostly disease – it was combined (associated) with compulsive vomiting, swolen tongue and spliting headcahes made it a horrible agonizing killer. By june the roads were clogged with people desperate ro escape London. The Lord Mayor responsed by closing the gates to anyone who did not have a certificate of health. These certificates became a currency more valuable than gold, and a thriving market in foged certificates grew up. So Than, plague was in the city itself. King Charles II of England, his family and his court left the city for Oxfordshire. Only a small number of clergymen, physicions and apothecaries chose the remain, as the plague rage throughout the summer. Plague doctors would traversse the streets, diagnosing victims, although many of them were unqualified physicians. Anyone in constant contact with plague victims, such as doctors, nuses,.. were compled to carry coloured staffs outdoors so that they could be easily seen and avoided. When one person in a house caught the plague he house was sealed until 40 days after the victim either recovered or died (usually later)- Guards were posted at the door to see that no one got out. These houses were distinguished by a pained red cross on the door ant the words „Lord have mercy on us“.
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People did not call it the Black Death; that term was first used in 1832 by an English historian, and "Black" only meant dreadful or serious...
- People did not call it the Black Death; that term was first used in 1832 by an English historian, and "Black" only meant dreadful or serious...
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People did not call it the Black Death; that term was first used in 1832 by an English historian, and "Black" only meant dreadful or serious...
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You need to organize this into paragraphs.
One for your introduction.
One for how it was spread.
One for its effects.
One for how the city of London dealt with it.
You need a conclusion - it ends too abruptly.
Try to reorganize it into paragraphs, and read it through again for silly tyops, lie "ina" for "in a" and "traversse"
One for your introduction.
One for how it was spread.
One for its effects.
One for how the city of London dealt with it.
You need a conclusion - it ends too abruptly.
Try to reorganize it into paragraphs, and read it through again for silly tyops, lie "ina" for "in a" and "traversse"
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