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May 2 Fr Kircher, the Plague and Quarantine
Season 5
Episode 2
Published 3 years, 10 months ago
Description
The last polymath of the renaissance era was Fr Antanasius Kircher SJ. Among his many accomplishments he was the first to look at the blood of bubonic plague victims under a microscope and to realise that the 'pestis' was contagious. He suggested Quarantine, wearing masks and burning the clothes of victims.