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The celebrity physician and the plague

The iconic “plague prevention costume” invented by a 17th-century French doctor secured his fame in royal circles. But other aspects of Charles de Lorme’s career made him a controversial figure.

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A physician, a burgess (the physician's patient), and the dean of a university, in their respective costumes, 13--. Coloured wood engraving by Cupré after F.P.
P. F.Reference: 21505i
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A physician dressed in protective plague costume. Line engraving after J.J. Manget.
Manget, Jean-Jacques, 1652-1742.Date: 1700-1799Reference: 10075i
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A doctor reading a newspaper article on the prospect of a decrease in influenza - his wife hopes for the reverse. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1892.
Du Maurier, George, 1834-1896.Date: 1892Reference: 14297i
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A dowager commenting on a doctor's youth and perhaps inexperience, he retorts that he is learning on children. Wood engraving by G. Wallis-Mills?, 1908.
Wallis-Mill, G.Date: 1908Reference: 15368i
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A doctor's advice to two lady patients - that the attractive one return to see him frequently whereas the other must seek a new climate in New Zealand. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1889.
Du Maurier, George, 1834-1896.Date: 1889Reference: 14292i

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The celebrity physician and the plague

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A physician, a burgess (the physician's patient), and the dean of a university, in their respective costumes, 13--. Coloured wood engraving by Cupré after F.P.

A physician dressed in protective plague costume. Line engraving after J.J. Manget.

A doctor reading a newspaper article on the prospect of a decrease in influenza - his wife hopes for the reverse. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1892.

A dowager commenting on a doctor's youth and perhaps inexperience, he retorts that he is learning on children. Wood engraving by G. Wallis-Mills?, 1908.

A doctor's advice to two lady patients - that the attractive one return to see him frequently whereas the other must seek a new climate in New Zealand. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1889.