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title: Three Doctors Attend a Man with the Plague
author: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
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# Three Doctors Attend a Man with the Plague

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## Image File

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## Image Caption

Woodcutting of a [plague](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/plague/)-stricken man lying in bed, attended by three physicians. From the *Pestbuch*, a 16th Century CE medical treatise by Hieronymous Brunschwig (c. 1450-1512 CE). (Courtesy of the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia)

## Cite This Work

### APA
Philadelphia, H. M. L. o. T. C. o. P. o. (2020, March 22). Three Doctors Attend a Man with the Plague. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12034/three-doctors-attend-a-man-with-the-plague/>
### Chicago
Philadelphia, Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of. "Three Doctors Attend a Man with the Plague." *World History Encyclopedia*, March 22, 2020. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12034/three-doctors-attend-a-man-with-the-plague/>.
### MLA
Philadelphia, Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of. "Three Doctors Attend a Man with the Plague." *World History Encyclopedia*, 22 Mar 2020, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12034/three-doctors-attend-a-man-with-the-plague/>.

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