Plague doctor
Plague doctor
A Plague doctor was a medical physician who treated victims of the plague. They were specifically hired by towns that had many plague victims in times of epidemics. Since the city was paying their salary, they treated everyone: both the wealthy and the poor.
Pronunciation
- English: /ˈpleɪɡ ˈdɒktər/
Etymology
The term "plague doctor" refers to physicians who were specifically hired during plague epidemics. The term "plague" is derived from the Latin word "plaga" meaning "stroke" or "wound". The term "doctor" comes from the Latin word "docere" meaning "to teach".
Related terms
- Epidemic: A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.
- Pandemic: An epidemic of disease that has spread across a large region, for instance multiple continents, or worldwide.
- Bubonic plague: A highly infectious and often deadly disease that is spread by fleas living on rats and characterized by the formation of buboes.
- Black Death: One of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75-200 million people in Eurasia, peaking in Europe from 1347 to 1351.
See also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Plague doctor
- Wikipedia's article - Plague doctor
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