Journal of the history of medicine and allied sciences
The Plague Doctor's Parody: Ridiculing François Chicoyneau during the Great Plague of Marseille, 1720-1722.
Herbert J Mattie
Published: 202510.1093/jhmas/jraf021
Abstract
During the Great Plague of Marseille (1720-1722), several prints of a masked plague doctor appeared that feature the name of François Chicoyneau, the then-chancellor of the medical faculty at the University of Montpellier who was sent to the afflicte…
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