Thomas, Alisha HSHA 233 85
Public Health in the Middle Ages
1. Wars will always have an affect on the community in which the war is being fought between. It can be financially, socially, economically, etc. if we look back at Rome during the middle ages the war affected their aqueducts which is their water system, meaning the war had an affect on the hygiene up keep of the city, ultimately when poor hygiene is involved in any situation it usually has some correlation with poor health overall affecting the Romans public health system. In todays times war is no different affecting the countries involved the bordering countries and also the countries that have financial ties to countries involved. Sometimes even health is caught in the crossfire. For example the wars in third war countries were children are able to be used as fighting machines has an effect on the mental status of the soldier, the soldiers family and the community as a whole. Some wars can even negatively affect the respiration system of the residents in the area due to the high volume exposure to bombs exploding leading to inhalation of debris.
2. A. Leprosy
B. Contact with a leper.
C. None given on handout. But the main symptoms are disfiguring skin sores, lumps, or bumps that fail to go away after several weeks.
D. Anyone infected with leprosy was not treated medically, instead they were expelled from communities and seen as outcast not to be touched nor communicated with.
E. The treatment was harsh but it was for the greater good of the community and its healthy people.
A. The Black Death
B. Coming into contact with someone who already had the disease.
C. None listed in article. Fever and Chills, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and vomiting, bleeding from: mouth, nose, and rectum, under skin; shock, and gangrene.
D. The persons who became ill were isolated and reported to authorities if you even came into contact with a patient you also had to remain in isolation.
E. Treatment was as good as they could do with the supplies, education and technology available. They protected those who they could protect which were the un-infected and they made sure that those already infected couldn’t infect others therefore doing their best to prevent further infection.