Transcript Tudor diseases - Dulwich Hamlet Junior School

Tudor diseases
By Sarah, Sam and Theo
Introduction
We did Tudor diseases because
1. Theo didn’t know very much
2. Sarah and Sam thought it would be gory
3. We all thought it would be fun with lots of
information!
The plague
There were lots of plagues in Tudor times.
The black death plague was probably the
most deadly plague in Tudor times. (it
even has the word death in its name!)
Doctors thought that burning leather next
to the patient would kill the plague
(obviously it didn’t work!) Doctors also
thought the plague was caused by bad air.
Bubonic Plague
Bubonic plague was one of the many
plagues and was a bacteria called yersinia
pestis. This bacteria was on the fleas and
the fleas brought it over to England. The
fleas bit the rats and when the rats died
the fleas went to feed humans.
Ring o’ ring o’ roses
Ring o’ ring o’ roses the rhyme is about the
plague.
• Roses are the rashes
• the posies are for smelling
• Atishoo atishoo, sneezing was a sign of
plague
• And we all fall down is dying
Other illnesses
Some other diseases were
• Small pox
• Scurvy
• Gout
• Head lice
• Jaundice
• Tuberculosis
• Scarlet fever
Cures
• Headache, a drink made of lavender, sage, marjoram,
roses and rue
• Gout, apply the affected foot with worms, pig marrow
and herbs all boiled together with a red haired dog
• Head lice, pour tobacco juice on to the scalp
• Baldness, crush a garlic bulb and rub into scalp and
wash off with vinegar
• Small pox, hang red curtains near the victim and the light
will cure the patient
• Jaundice, swallow nine lice every day for a week
End
So there you have it a gruesome bit of
history. But not any old history, history
about the Tudors!
Thank you for reading our spectacular
presentation we hope you enjoyed it.