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The Black Death spread quickly because it was highly __1__.

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Now we understand that the __1__ is spread by a bacillus from person to person through the air, or fleas and rats. But in Medieval Europe, there seemed to be no __2__ explanation for it. A doctor even believed that people were __3__ because they got struck by the __4__ spirit from the eyes of the sick.

Some crude and unsophisticated techniques were adopted to treat the disease, like __1__, boil-lancing, and some other __2__ practices like burning aromatic herbs or bathing in rosewater or vinegar.

People at that time believed the Black Death was a kind of __1__ punishment. So their hoped to fight against the disease by winning God's __2__, like eliminating heretics--the Jews.

The most extreme people turned into flagellants. They __1__ self-punishment in public: beating themselves and one another with __2__ straps studded with metal.

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