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Medicine: The Black Death

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Rats Could Take Over Whole Towns

We know that 700 years ago there were huge rat problems and that rats could even take over whole towns. And we know that because of the story of the pied piper of Hamlin. One day a ship came from the east full of rats, they ran around the town. The fleas jumped off the rats and started to bite people. As the rats spread throughout Europe nearly half of all the people in Europe died. Catching the black death was awful for people. They got big lumped in their armpits and between their legs,. Then they got a really high temperature and felt really hot. then they started to be sick but not with food. In a few days they

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