it is the year 1347 and a deadly disease is sweeping across Europe the Black Death carried by fleas on rats is ravaging towns and cities leaving death and destruction in its wake doctors and scientists of the time were at a loss as to how to cure or prevent the disease leading to some unusual methods of protection the beak Mass was filled with herbs and spices to help ward off the disease the town crier would roam the streets ringing a bell and shouting bring out your dead to alert the town's people to the Grim reality of
the Black Death the disease spread across Europe killing an estimated 25 million people or one-third of the population however from the devastation came progress the Black Death led to advancements in medicine and hygiene and paved the way for a better understanding of disease prevention
