A plague doctor was a physician who treated victims of the bubonic plague. In times of epidemics, these physicians were specifically hired by towns where the plague had taken hold. They rarely cured their patients; rather, they served to record a count of the number of infected people for demographic purposes.
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A plague doctor was a physician who treated victims of the bubonic plague. In times of epidemics, these physicians were specifically hired by towns where the plague had taken hold. They rarely cured their patients; rather, they served to record a count of the number of infected people for demographic purposes. Plague doctors could not generally interact with the general public because of the possibility of spreading the disease. A famous plague doctor who gave advice about preventive measures which could be used against the plague was Nostradamus.
The Irish physician Niall Ó Glacáin earned deep respect in Spain and Italy for his bravery in treating plague victims. The first European epidemic of the plague dates back to the mid 6th century and is called the Plague of Justinian. The largest plague epidemic was the Black Death in Europe in the 14th century. Plague doctors were so valuable that when Barcelona dispatched two to Tortosa in 1650, outlaws captured them en route and demanded a ransom. In one case, a plague doctor had been a fruit salesman before his employment as a physician.
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