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The mask had two small nose holes and was a type of respirator that contained aromatic items. [6] The beak could hold dried flowers (commonly roses and carnations ), herbs (commonly lavender and peppermint ), camphor , or a vinegar sponge, [ 7 ] [ 8 ] as well as juniper berry , ambergris , cloves , labdanum , myrrh , and storax . [ 9 ]
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Copper engraving of a plague doctor of 17th-century Rome. A plague doctor was a physician who treated victims of bubonic plague [1] during epidemics in 17th-century Europe. These physicians were hired by cities to treat infected patients regardless of income, especially the poor, who could not afford to pay.
In December 1901 and January 1902, at the direction of archaeologist Jacques de Morgan, Father Jean-Vincent Scheil, OP found a 2.25 meter (or 88.5 inch) tall basalt or diorite stele in three pieces inscribed with 4,130 lines of cuneiform law dictated by Hammurabi (c. 1792–1750 BC) of the First Babylonian Empire in the city of Shush, Iran.
Medical researchers continued their Renaissance-evoked practices into the late 17th century. [1] [2] Progress made during the Medical Renaissance depended on several factors. [3] [4] Printed books based on movable type, adopted in Europe from the middle of the 15th century, allowed the diffusion of medical ideas and anatomical diagrams.
Called the "Basilias", the latter resembled a city and included housing for doctors and nurses and separate buildings for various classes of patients. [16] There was a separate section for lepers. [17] Some hospitals maintained libraries and training programs, and doctors compiled their medical and pharmacological studies in manuscripts.