Question

How does the passage expand on the central idea "the

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is: it explains that many people died because medicines and medical practices were not effective.

Explanation: In the article it states What can you do to avoid the plague? The answer is: very  little. Although there are no fewer than twenty-three

medical treatises dedicated to it by 1600, including

hundreds of recipes for medicines, none of them will help

you. Nor will perfuming your room and airing it with fire

save you-despite this being the official advice of the

College of Physicians. This means that there was medical " treatments" but they did not work against the plague.

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer is It explains that many people died because

medicines and medical practices were not effective.

Explanation:

This passage expands the central idea that the plague was the greatest killer in Elizabethan England, stating that it was almost impossible to avoid it, since there were very few medical treaties at the time, and even then the few that were, there were no useful. It also demonstrates the little help that was received from the College of Physicians, whose recommended practices were very ineffective.