One example of this is "The plague and sickness in England is due to the filth in the streets and the sputum and dogs' urine clogging the rushes on the floors of the houses" (Doc 2). It should be noted that during the plague outbreaks, most of Europe was unhygienic and they threw their waste onto the streets. Many precautions began to take place to prevent the spread of the disease, seen by "Gold, fire, the gallows: gold for the expense of pest houses to quarantine the diseased, the gallows to punish those who violate the health regulations and to frighten others, and bonfires to eliminate infected things" (Doc 6), written by Motto of Giovan Filippo. Being a physician, he had nothing to gain and through his words it's implied health regulations took place to prevent the spread of the plague and they set "infected" things on fire out of fear of it carrying
One example of this is "The plague and sickness in England is due to the filth in the streets and the sputum and dogs' urine clogging the rushes on the floors of the houses" (Doc 2). It should be noted that during the plague outbreaks, most of Europe was unhygienic and they threw their waste onto the streets. Many precautions began to take place to prevent the spread of the disease, seen by "Gold, fire, the gallows: gold for the expense of pest houses to quarantine the diseased, the gallows to punish those who violate the health regulations and to frighten others, and bonfires to eliminate infected things" (Doc 6), written by Motto of Giovan Filippo. Being a physician, he had nothing to gain and through his words it's implied health regulations took place to prevent the spread of the plague and they set "infected" things on fire out of fear of it carrying