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  • Copy of a fumigating torch (1600s), Europe
  • Hong Kong plague medal, England, 1894
  • Long handled cautery, Europe, undated
  • Wax relief plaque of a man, Italy, 1701-1800
  • Copy of a fumigating torch carried for protection against bu
  • Saint Roch, represented showing a bubonic sore under the guise of a pilgrim. A citizen of Montpellier who devoted his life to serving those stricken with plague. Celebrated on the 16th August.