Satirical engraving of a doctor during the Great Plague of Marseille, circa 1720. Portrayed as a quack, he is wearing a nose-bag filled with smoking herbs and other items meant to repel the plague. The wand is for taking a pulse. Colorization of an etching after an illustration by Johann Melchior Füssli (1677–1736) circa 1721.

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