Year of Wonders

Spring 1665: Rat-fall

The surgeon ran off in fear and disgust when confronted with treating a potential plague victim (p.76). What does this say about medicine and human nature at the time?

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This incident speaks to the inadequacy of medical knowledge at the time, as well as the physicians desire to stay alive at all costs. Medicine has come a long way.

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