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Plague doctor, 17th century artwork

Plague doctor. 17th century artwork titled 'Doktor Schnabel von Rom' (Beak Doctor from Rome). The text is in Latin. The costume's bronze mask contained aromatic herbs and reduced exposure to 'bad air', as did gloves and an oiled undergarment and cloak. Bubonic plague (the Black Death) affected Europe from the 1340s to the 1700s, killing millions. This German artwork, by Paul Furst (1608-1666), is based on an earlier work by J. Columbina, and dates from 1656. This version is from 'Die Karikatur und Satire in der Medizin' (Caricature and Satire in Medicine, 1921) by the German art historian and physician Eugen Hollander (1867-1932)

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Scipio Africanus meeting Hannibal at Battle of Zama

SECOND PUNIC WAR : the Roman general and statesman Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus meets the Carthaginian leader Hannibal before defeating him at the Battle of Zama, near Carthage in North Africa, which was the final battle of the Second Punic War

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Gods Of Healing

Asclepius or Aesculapius, the ancient Greek god of medicine, with the snake-entwined staff which has come to symbolise the medical profession, circa 1700. On the left is his son Telesphorus or Telesphoros, a hooded dwarf who presides over convalescence. A statue from the Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne (or alle Valle) in Rome, drawn and engraved by Nicolas Dorigny. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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