A plague doctor was a medical physician who treated victims of the bubonic plague. In times of epidemics, such physicians were specifically hired by towns where the plague had taken hold. Since the city was paying their salary, they treated everyone: both the wealthy and the poor.
Group
Flat Figure(s)
Condition
unpainted
Scale
Size 30 mm
Material
Pewter-Alloy 55%Sn 39%Pb 6%Sb
Time
15. Jh. - 16. Jh.
Nationality/Location
Germany
Not a toy! Not suitable for children under the age of 14!
Berliner Zinnfiguren e. K. Werner Scholtz Knesebeckstr. 88 10623 Berlin - Charlottenburg Deutschland
