Health in this time period was very poor due to the unsanitary conditions of the environment. Some diseases had jumped from animals to humans because of the close contact that humans had with animals.
With the mentally ill, it was believed that they were had the devil or a demon in them and they were then tortured, burned or any other methods that were used to rid the victims of the supposed evil.
Many people had contracted certain illnesses and did not receive the proper medical care that they needed. Illnesses that would not really harm us today could have been deadly to people in the past.
The black plague was an epidemic that broke out and almost killed a third of the population.The black plague is an example of a deadly disease that came from animals and spread to humans. Typhoid was another disease that had a big outbreak. And the living conditions at the time were not very sanitary so that was a factor in the spreading of diseases and how some outbreaks became so severe.
With the mentally ill, it was believed that they were had the devil or a demon in them and they were then tortured, burned or any other methods that were used to rid the victims of the supposed evil.
Many people had contracted certain illnesses and did not receive the proper medical care that they needed. Illnesses that would not really harm us today could have been deadly to people in the past.
The black plague was an epidemic that broke out and almost killed a third of the population.The black plague is an example of a deadly disease that came from animals and spread to humans. Typhoid was another disease that had a big outbreak. And the living conditions at the time were not very sanitary so that was a factor in the spreading of diseases and how some outbreaks became so severe.