Running and Cure

Protestants did not believe prayer, fasting and good behaviour were the way to respond to plague

Often the 1st reaction of many people was to run to the countryside

People who caught the plague had little realistic hope of receiving treatment

The 'middling sort' and the poor often fled too

Many physicians often fled town rather than stay to treat victims

Church attendance increased during times of plague

People no longer respected or tolerated the medieval Catholic responses to the plague

Treatment was very expensive

England was a Protestant country during the late 16th century

No herbs or ointments cured the plague

Who fled?

People used tobacco to counteract miasma

For those who stayed in infected towns, the fear they faced is hard for us to imagine. What was often their reaction?

By the end of the 16th century there were often doctors or physicians or apothecaries in every town

What did English Protestants not approve of?

Many doctors wore heavy cloaks and leather beaks. What did they put in said beaks?