Desperate measures: the bizarre medical attempts to survive the Black Death

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In short: As the Bubonic plague decimated Europe between 1347 and 1351, doctors turned to increasingly strange and creative remedies to combat the rising death toll.

During the Middle Ages, the Black Death caused massive population loss across Europe, often wiping out entire families. This video explores the desperate and unusual 'cures' that plague doctors attempted to use as the disease spread.

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