Step 2

Use these resources to answer the questions below. Record your information on *Sheet 1*.

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Resources

• The Black Death and early public health measures
• Bloodletting and stinks
• Cures for the Black Death
• Dealing with the Black Death
• Flagellants
• Symptoms of the plague (answers question 2)

More detailed information

• Help, hope and healing

Questions

1. What were the symptoms of the bubonic plague?
2. How did the disease progress once a person had caught it?
3. How did doctors think the disease was contracted?
4. What measures did people take to avoid the disease?
5. How did a doctor treat the disease?
6. What did some groups do to fight the disease? (Name the group/s)
7. How did religion influence medical belief during the Middle Ages?

When you have finished your notes you will need to download *Sheet 2* to take to your group discussion.