How was the plague a stimulus to science? What were some examples of the treatments used to treat it and its spread?
What will be an ideal response?
A. Plague a stimulus to science
1. scientific inquiry soon replaced lamentations and moralistic
explanations of disease
2. in the Islamic world religious interpretations of the origin of plague
never inhibited scientific inquiry into its causes and cures
3. Muslim physicians blamed corrupt air, caused in its turn by irregular
weather, decaying matter, and astrological influences
B. Different treatments
1. healers smeared the swellings with clay in Egypt
2. physician Ibn Khatib advised abstention from grains, cheese,
mushrooms, and garlic in Spain
3. barley water and syrup of basil were widely prescribed
4. dried snake's flesh
a. venom can be beneficial in measured quantities, had a long and
honorable therapeutic record with the medical profession
5. bloodlettings and plasters made of mallow leaves
6. Turks sliced boils on the bodies of the sick and supposedly extracted
"green glands"
C. Treating the spread of the plague
1. medical consensus among Christians and Muslims saw infection and
contagion as the main threats
2. imposing quarantines helped save lives
a. worked in places as busy as the great city of Milan in northern Italy
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A) hoped that the war aims would explicitly include the end of slavery. B) were not very concerned about why the war was being fought. C) disliked slavery but did not want a large, free black population in the United States. D) wanted to fully emancipate of the black slaves and help them return to Africa. E) supported broad emancipation unconditionally.
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a. allowed private workshops to produce goods. b. allowed private merchants to trade. c. allowed private ownership of all but the largest businesses. d. allowed peasants to own land. e. all of the above.