1. Black Death
... . Another way that the people tried to cure the ill, was to bleed them - this healing technique was very popular for virtually any ailment back in those days. Bleeding was supposed to rid the person of whatever disease was circulating inside them, thus leaving them cleansed and healthy. Only sometime in the late fifteenth or early sixteenth century did people begin ... spread. Of course the Black Death affected the mentality of many people driving them to extremes. The plague would turn some people into scared, paranoid loners, and others into cruel animals driven only by their instinct ...
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