Disease during the Elizabethan time Era had a major impact on people and their lives.
In that era there were tremendously terrible diseases such as the Bubonic Plague, Smallpox, and Typhoid that killed almost around the third of the population. From a disease standpoint that was arguably the worst time in history because of all of the illnesses being spread around. There was no type of cure for most of the diseases so some people had to suffer. If they were lucky then they survived but struggled to live. Tragically, Shakespeare lived in the Elizabethan era, so he was open to get anything. It isn't a shock that Bubonic Plague was one of the most dreaded diseases of that time. It was carried by a bunch of fleas that lived in the fur of rats swept through the streets of London and other places close by. Victims of it would have been sealed inside their homes. Those houses would then have to bolted from the outside. The victims and anyone else that entered the house were not allowed to leave it. That action was equivalent to signing a death warrant for the whole family. Any victim of the Bubonic Plague also known as Black Death had to obtain a “Certificate of Health“ to recoup normal life, if they happened to recover. The symptoms combined with it was painful swelling of the lymph nodes. The swellings would appear in the armpits, legs, neck, or around the groin area. People with it also had high fevers, delirium, they begin to vomit, muscular pains, bleeding in their lungs and mental disorientation. It was no wonder why the Black Death was feared by so many people of the Elizabethan time era. Treatment for it was impossible then and for later periods on history. Smallpox was another unpleasant disease that affected populations in western Europe and the Middle East around 1650. It was most known as a benign endemic disease that did not kill the victims. In most cases children tended to get it first. This condition unlike others had no nonhuman host. The illness was caused by variola virus. The virus causes high fevers, vomiting, excessive bleeding, pus-filled scarbs that left a numerous amounts of scars, fatigue, headache, backache, and rash. Smallpox was passed around from contact with any infected person or animal. A few days after somebody has been infected it would often take a couple of days for the pus-filled rashes to emerge …show more content…
It ravaged through the streets of London. There are three types of Typhus, louse borne typhus, Murine Typhus, and Scrub Typhus. “It would take just one minor cut or sore for the typhus infected feces to enter the victim’s bloodstream, and soon high fever, delirium, and gangrenous sores would develop.” (Mabillard pg 1) Each different type is spread by bad hygiene, rats and fleas, or mites. Typhus happened to be a major problem among prisoners. Most of the people in jail would die before they served their full sentences. Symptoms include headache, fever, rash, chills, hacking, vomiting, confusion, cough, abdominal pain and more. Treatment for it include antibiotics such as Doxycycline, Tetracycline, and Chloramphenicol. Of course this was the 1600s so getting antibiotics was not really an option. “For prevention avoid areas where they might encounter rat fleas or lice.” (The New York Times Company pg
In that era there were tremendously terrible diseases such as the Bubonic Plague, Smallpox, and Typhoid that killed almost around the third of the population. From a disease standpoint that was arguably the worst time in history because of all of the illnesses being spread around. There was no type of cure for most of the diseases so some people had to suffer. If they were lucky then they survived but struggled to live. Tragically, Shakespeare lived in the Elizabethan era, so he was open to get anything. It isn't a shock that Bubonic Plague was one of the most dreaded diseases of that time. It was carried by a bunch of fleas that lived in the fur of rats swept through the streets of London and other places close by. Victims of it would have been sealed inside their homes. Those houses would then have to bolted from the outside. The victims and anyone else that entered the house were not allowed to leave it. That action was equivalent to signing a death warrant for the whole family. Any victim of the Bubonic Plague also known as Black Death had to obtain a “Certificate of Health“ to recoup normal life, if they happened to recover. The symptoms combined with it was painful swelling of the lymph nodes. The swellings would appear in the armpits, legs, neck, or around the groin area. People with it also had high fevers, delirium, they begin to vomit, muscular pains, bleeding in their lungs and mental disorientation. It was no wonder why the Black Death was feared by so many people of the Elizabethan time era. Treatment for it was impossible then and for later periods on history. Smallpox was another unpleasant disease that affected populations in western Europe and the Middle East around 1650. It was most known as a benign endemic disease that did not kill the victims. In most cases children tended to get it first. This condition unlike others had no nonhuman host. The illness was caused by variola virus. The virus causes high fevers, vomiting, excessive bleeding, pus-filled scarbs that left a numerous amounts of scars, fatigue, headache, backache, and rash. Smallpox was passed around from contact with any infected person or animal. A few days after somebody has been infected it would often take a couple of days for the pus-filled rashes to emerge …show more content…
It ravaged through the streets of London. There are three types of Typhus, louse borne typhus, Murine Typhus, and Scrub Typhus. “It would take just one minor cut or sore for the typhus infected feces to enter the victim’s bloodstream, and soon high fever, delirium, and gangrenous sores would develop.” (Mabillard pg 1) Each different type is spread by bad hygiene, rats and fleas, or mites. Typhus happened to be a major problem among prisoners. Most of the people in jail would die before they served their full sentences. Symptoms include headache, fever, rash, chills, hacking, vomiting, confusion, cough, abdominal pain and more. Treatment for it include antibiotics such as Doxycycline, Tetracycline, and Chloramphenicol. Of course this was the 1600s so getting antibiotics was not really an option. “For prevention avoid areas where they might encounter rat fleas or lice.” (The New York Times Company pg