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TLWW Member |
posted 01-13-2003 01:33 PM
 
Does anyone know how illnesses were cured in castles? Also was the first line of defense of the castle the moat? Please help. |
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Gordon unregistered |
posted 01-13-2003 04:23 PM
If you use the search facility you will find a number of discussion threads on medieval medicine in the'Life Inside a castle' forum. Also use the search facility to find 'defence', and you will find plenty of material on a castles defensive features. The first line of defence would depend upon which features a castle had....they didn't all have moats. I'd have said location, since it was chosen before the castle could be built, and could limit accesibility to the entire site. It might also provide early warning of an attack by virtue of a clear and distant view. ------------------ [This message has been edited by Gordon (edited 01-13-2003).] |
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thedamned Member |
posted 01-21-2003 02:48 AM
I heard 50% of the population died. The people who managed to survive didnt get reach the plague or something. That's all I remember of what my teacher said the other day... I'm kinda drunk right now, can't think right. What's worse is that I got a last minute project, too. |
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CastleChick Member |
posted 03-06-2003 01:04 PM
Hi we are researching the middle ages and i think u may be reffering to the black death, which was a diesease that spread more rapidly than fire, it was caused by rats, and germs, alot of ther dieseases were simply just not cured, of course some were, but for some all you could do was stay away and wait until anyone with it died. ------------------ |
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Qtmario Member |
posted 04-28-2003 07:37 PM
Bubonic Plague i think was a major one that killed millions of ppl. |
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Gordon unregistered |
posted 04-29-2003 05:58 PM
Bubonic plague and the Black Death were the same thing, caused by a germ carried by the fleas on the rats. Think of all the illnesses we are inooculated for, or that people have been innnoculated for in the 20th century. In medieval times no one knew about bacteria or viruses. Smallpox, chicken pox, measles, polio, mumps...and a host of other illnesses which can now be treated with antibiotics were untreatable then, and were often fatal. Modern medicine and diet can also cure or prevent innumerable illnesses which were not understood then, these also could be fatal. Medieval medicine if it worked, was little understood. Even less understood was the human body and disease processes. Because of this mortality was high, and lifespan often low. |
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