By analyzing these samples, scientists hope to gain insights into the nature of the plague during the 17th century. This article was written in collaboration with generative AI company Alchemiq ...

A protective mask used by doctors during the 17th century when they called on patients suffering from the plague. The quality of air was also blamed for the spread of plague - bad, stinking air ...

Evidence from 13 th-century chroniclers and physicians indicates plague may have been involved in epidemics a century before the Black Death, a new study shows. Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that ...

The 16th and 17th centuries ... But there was some good news… Some doctors, such as George Thomson, were starting to challenge old beliefs about the plague. Thomson refused to evacuate London ...