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DescriptionGerhart Altzenbach, Kleidung widder den Todt Anno 1656.png |
English: Gerhart Altzenbach, Kleidung widder den Todt: Anno 1656 (Habitus Contra Mortem / Un habit contre la Morte), c.1656. The engraving depicts a Roman plague doctor wearing protective clothing – including glass goggles and beak-shaped mask – typical of its time and place. The attire and its purpose are described in Latin, French and German. The image is discussed in G. L. Townsend, ‘The Plague Doctor’, J Hist Med Allied Sci, 20 (1965), 276. |
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Source | Reproduced as Fig. 1-6 in David L. Streiner, Douglas W. MacPherson, Brian D. Gushulak, PDQ Public Health (Shelton, CT: People’s Medical Publishing House-USA, 2010). https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mi-rhfdFaXgC&pg=PA12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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