The-Plague-Doctors. #15331492
Description
A plague doctor was a physician who treated victims of bubonic plague[1] during epidemics. These physicians were hired by cities to treat infected patients regardless of income, especially the poor that could not afford to pay.[2][3] Plague doctors had a mixed reputation, with some citizens seeing their presence as a warning to leave the area.[4] Some plague doctors were said to charge patients and their families additional fees for special treatments or false cures.[5] In many cases these doctors were not experienced physicians or surgeons; instead, being volunteers, second-rate doctors, or young doctors just starting a career.[6] In one case, a plague doctor was a fruit salesman before his employment as a physician. Plague doctors rarely cured patients; instead serving to record death tolls and the number of infected people for demographic purposes.[4] In France and the Netherlands, plague doctors often lacked medical training and were referred to as "empirics."
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| 22 Aug 2026, 16:03 | 4 | first reading |
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