s to be condemned and intoday's wording "Partied Hard" with the thought, since tomorrow we die, let us eat, drink,and be merry. The Catholic Church suffers injuries both physically and emotionally. InAvignon, is the home of the Papacy for nearly a century loses greater than half of itsmonks. Consequently, religious purity for the dying is hard to come by. This is not only aresult of the priests trying to fulfill their duties and than becoming infected, but also bythose who sought to stay away. When recognizing what is happening around him, PopeClement VI realizes that nothing will be gained from his death and sought refuge in hischambers spending his days sitting between two roaring fires on either side of him.6 Onenote of encouragement to the medical field, is all of this is done on the advice of the headRoman catholic physician. He survives as well as most of the upper class do by simplyhaving the means to do so. People recognize the loss of the cleric alongside the peasant,lady of the court, and child. It does not distinguish evil from good, but toakes the lives ofall. Overall there is a negative effect on the popularity of the church. A struggle betweenfaith and reason developes giving rise to religious, social, and political unrest. Religiousreformer John Wycliffe, in England and John Huss, in Bohemia are leaders of a couple ofmany sects that challenges Catholic Church's behavior and doctrine. Although decadeslater, these complaints eventually leads to the formation of the Protestant Church. The state of medical knowledge had in truth, caused more harm than repair. Thecrucial role of rodents and fleas were never identified until centuries later. Wild theoriesranged from the blaming of Jews who were thought to be ritually poisoning wells to thebelief that the sickness was carried on the warm, moist southerly breezes. Treatmentsincluded the practice of bleeding patients to release evil spirits. The wound more ofte...
