IDSB04H3 Chapter 2: Chapter 2 summary and answers to questions
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Until the middle ages, health concerns and disease outbreaks rarely extended beyond limited regions, except in the case of military incursions and the occasional ailing trader. The congested towns of late medieval europe had far lower standards of water supply, sanitation, and hygiene than ancient civilizations (because people started to travel here) The middle ages had two great outbreaks of plague: plague of justinian & the great black. Death of the 14th century (most destructive pandemic ever) In the belief that plague was introduced by ships, the city-state of venice in 1348 adopted a 40- day detention period for entering vessels after which the disease was believed to remit. The stricter cordon sanitaire a protective belt barring entry of people or goods to cities or entire regions was also used frequently in succeeding centuries. Lazaretto: a quarantine station to hold and disinfect humans and cargo, est.