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Copper engraving of a plague doctor of 17th-century Rome. A plague doctor was a physician who treated victims of bubonic plague [1] during epidemics in 17th-century Europe. These physicians were hired by cities to treat infected patients regardless of income, especially the poor, who could not afford to pay.
A plague doctor was a physician who treated victims of bubonic plague during epidemics. They were hired by cities to treat infected patients, especially the poor. [164] As the occupation was unpleasant and dangerous, the physicians appointed as plague doctors tended to be inexperienced and second-rate. [165] [166] As the plague receded the need ...
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The 17th-century plague doctors were those who visited homes trying to cure the Black Death, the bubonic plague, which over several centuries worth of outbreaks killed at least 50 million people ...
Niall Ó Glacáin [6] (sometimes anglicised as Nial O'Glacan; [2] [7] c. 1563 – 1653) was an Irish physician and plague doctor who worked to treat victims of bubonic plague outbreaks throughout continental Europe. He was a physician to Hugh Roe O'Donnell and King Louis XIII.
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Plague cases were massively reduced during the second half of the 20th century, but outbreaks still occurred, especially in developing countries. Between 1954 and 1997, human plague was reported in 38 countries, making the disease a re-emerging threat to human health. [ 65 ]
But "we still don’t have a good handle of plague persistence in the environment in the western U.S.,” Wagner said. ... Doctors test for the infection via a blood or tissue sample, then treat ...