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"Ancient Liaghs and Ollamhs. The Fee-Book of a Physician of the Seventeenth Century". The Journal of the Kilkenny and South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society. 6 (1): 10– 248. ISSN 0790-6366. JSTOR 25502689. Joyce, P. W. (1906). "Chapter XIV: Medicine and Medical Doctors". A Smaller Social History of Ancient Ireland. O'Donoghue, David ...
After releasing the plague, O'Neill goes to Ireland to hide, planning to offer his services as a molecular biologist in the hopes of sabotaging whatever work is done there on finding a cure. When he arrives in Ireland, investigatory agencies suspect his true identity as the instigator of the plague.
2017: The Plague, a play adapted by Neil Bartlett. [28] Bartlett substitutes a black woman for the male doctor, Rieux, and a black man for Tarrou. 2020: The Plague, an adaptation for radio of Neil Bartlett's 2017 play. Premiered on 26 July on BBC Radio 4 during the COVID-19 pandemic. The play was recorded at home by actors during the quarantine ...
A plague called the Maze Virus has previously swept through Europe, transforming its victims into a homicidal, zombie-like state. Ireland was particularly badly affected. A cure was later discovered, and 75% of those infected who could be captured have been treated and cured of the virus.
The most infamous flea-to-human transmitted disease is the bubonic plague, which was caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. The plague, fevers, tularemia: The diseases fleas can carry and how to ...
Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague is a 2001 international bestselling historical fiction novel by Geraldine Brooks. [1] It was chosen as both a New York Times [ 2 ] and Washington Post [ 3 ] Notable Book.
Jack London's 1912 The Scarlet Plague was reprinted in the February 1949 issue of Famous Fantastic Mysteries. Diseases, especially if infectious, have long been popular themes and plot devices in fiction. [1] [7] Daniel Defoe's pioneering 1722 A Journal of the Plague Year is a fictional diary of a man's life during the plague year of 1665 in ...
Plague doctors also sometimes took patients' last will and testament during times of plague epidemics, [17] and gave advice to their patients about their conduct before death. [18] This advice varied depending on the patient, and after the Middle Ages , the nature of the relationship between doctor and patient was governed by an increasingly ...