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The Cure (Then):
There really was no cure for the plague, although doctors tried everything. Onion and butter poultices, arsenic, flower compounds, dried frog, (sprinkles of it!- and no, Im not kidding!) generous bloodletting, even coating people in mercury. Of course, none of this worked.
The Cure (Now):
Since the nineteenth century, cure vaccines have come and gone, but their effectiveness has yet to be ascertained. The best vaccination created thus far is antibiotics, which doesn't cure the victim at all, it only reduces the severity of the disease to where the victim can hopefully survive it. The vaccine is available for use in the United States, in parts of the world where the plague is still an endemic problem, and in places with high rodent population. The vaccine requires a frequent return to the hospital for boosters to maintain what effectiveness it has. Not only that, but it also is a high risk to people in itself. Inflammatory reactions are common, and it cannot be given to anyone with hypersensitivity to beef protein, soya, casein, or phenol. If the vaccination is not recieved in the beginning phases of the plague, it can be fatal to the victim.
There really was no cure for the plague, although doctors tried everything. Onion and butter poultices, arsenic, flower compounds, dried frog, (sprinkles of it!- and no, Im not kidding!) generous bloodletting, even coating people in mercury. Of course, none of this worked.
The Cure (Now):
Since the nineteenth century, cure vaccines have come and gone, but their effectiveness has yet to be ascertained. The best vaccination created thus far is antibiotics, which doesn't cure the victim at all, it only reduces the severity of the disease to where the victim can hopefully survive it. The vaccine is available for use in the United States, in parts of the world where the plague is still an endemic problem, and in places with high rodent population. The vaccine requires a frequent return to the hospital for boosters to maintain what effectiveness it has. Not only that, but it also is a high risk to people in itself. Inflammatory reactions are common, and it cannot be given to anyone with hypersensitivity to beef protein, soya, casein, or phenol. If the vaccination is not recieved in the beginning phases of the plague, it can be fatal to the victim.
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Fun Fact:
The doctors who treated the black plague wore creepy masks shaped like duck bills, and overcoats. Some of the masks had eyeglasses attached, while some were just the part to go over the doctors mouth. This was to protect them from risk of infection through a patients cough, sneeze, or even close contact. They would put fragrant things in the beak, like mint, so as to keep out the plague air. So not only were you sick and most definitely about to die, you were "treated" by a doctor who looked like something from a scary thriller movie.
The doctors who treated the black plague wore creepy masks shaped like duck bills, and overcoats. Some of the masks had eyeglasses attached, while some were just the part to go over the doctors mouth. This was to protect them from risk of infection through a patients cough, sneeze, or even close contact. They would put fragrant things in the beak, like mint, so as to keep out the plague air. So not only were you sick and most definitely about to die, you were "treated" by a doctor who looked like something from a scary thriller movie.