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| Keywords: Gerhart Altzenbach, Kleidung widder den Todt Anno 1656.png en 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 http //jhmas oxfordjournals org/content/XX/3/276 extract The Plague Doctor J Hist Med Allied Sci 20 1965 276 ~ 1656 Copy of the print held by Yale University Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library 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 http //books google co uk/books id mi-rhfdFaXgC pg PA12 Gerhart Altzenbach of Cologne Plague doctors' beak shaped mask png PD-old-100 Plague doctors Uploaded with UploadWizard | ||||
