rive the plague away. There seems to be no evidence that any medical doctor saved a patient with the plague. Medical doctors of the time believed the only method to get rid of the disease were bloodletting. Bloodletting is the draining of blood believing that if enough could be let out the disease would be forced out. Since the medical doctors did not know anything about sterilization, they would often use the same scalpel on several patients possibly aiding the spread of the disease. The Black Plague not only struck and created much disaster and havoc, but also created numerous changes in Europe. Population was the most noticeable change. The Black Death took twenty-five million lives, at a time when Europes total population was only around sixty million, between 1347 and 1350. The total overall population loss in Europe was calculated to about one-third. In the year 1000 AD., the estimated population of Europe was 38 million people. In one century, 1100 AD., the population increased to about million people. The population continued to increase until 1347. In 1347, the total estimated population was 75 million people. This increase of population came to a drastic halt due to the Black Death. Between the years 1347 and 1352 twenty five million people died. The accounted population in 1352 was 50 million. This decrease in population occurred just under five years. The class that was greatly affected by the plague was the serfs. The plague left nobles without personnel to work the land. Serfs that lived through the Black Death were able to impose on their lords to pay them. The demand of serfs went up as a result of the supply of serfs decreased causing the willingness of the lords to pay for the work done by the serfs. Serfs for the first time had the luxury of choice. Some serfs decided to move into the cities finding other occupations. Cities preceding the plague were left under populated with the desperate ne...
