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Plague

The monastery was infested with plague and was quarantined appropriately.

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Wool, fleas, plague

During the bubonic plague epidemic of 1665-6, the residents of Eyam in Derbyshire quarantined themselves to help prevent the disease spreading. Simon Norfolk tells the story of this small community’s sacrifice.

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Pepys and the plague

Through its long history, London has survived some enormous epidemics. During the 1665 Great Plague of London, the city burned, shops closed, the streets emptied and bodies piled up. Read Samuel Pepys’s account of how the city pulled through.

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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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  • Bombay plague epidemic, 1896-1897: interior of a temporary hospital for plague victims. Photograph.
  • Bombay plague epidemic, 1896-1897: interior of a temporary hospital for plague victims. Photograph.
  • Bombay plague epidemic, 1896-1897: inoculation against plague. Photograph attributed to Clifton & Co.
  • Plague hospital, during the outbreak of bubonic plague in Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • Bombay plague epidemic, 1896-1897: interior of a plague hospital. Photograph attributed to Clifton & Co.
  • Etching of plague in Rome.
  • A letter regarding cattle plague.
  • Oil painting: plague at Athens.
  • A group of plague staff, part of the Karachi Plague Committee, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • Two holy men lie side by side affected by the plague: in the background, the plague epidemic. Drawing.
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