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The Guy Who Cured the Black Plague in Southern France and Became the Royal Physician

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Translation + Context

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When the Black Plague spread

"Water is the root of all diseases, so don't wash" or

They're saying they'll balance body fluids by drawing blood or

Saying it's divine punishment and making people harm themselves, etc.

By modern standards, he prescribed a lot of shocking treatments

There was a young doctor who faced off against this plague

A doctor named Michelle refused these kinds of things

Taking a hot bath before seeing the doctor yourself

Burying corpses scattered all over the street

Don't recycle used bandages, just burn them

Don't recycle used bandages, just burn them

Disinfecting by spraying strong alcohol on streams and such

Spraying strong liquor on creeks and stuff to disinfect

Let's all catch mice together. Rat poison day, December 18th at 5 PM

Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

(Cause of the Black Death) Eradicating rats, the intermediate host that transmits rat fleas

Mosquito and tick blocking jobs

Street

Jobs FX mild guard

Moo moose guard

Root spray insect repellent

Back then it was a super radical/unconventional method

Eradicated the plague in southern France

Rose all the way up to a position as a French royal physician

Nostradamus, the widely known Michel de Nostredame, right?

That person right there is Nostradamus.

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Yep, the dude's actually famous as a prophet

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15 comments

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Nah, holy shit... that guy... no way that actually happened???

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Not even a prophet, more like he literally came from the future lmaooo

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This sounds like a story about someone who came from another world

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He actually saw the future

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This is some regression reincarnation stuff

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Damn, this gotta be a modern or contemporary person who regressed back in time right...?

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Bruh, this lowkey looks like actual time regression tho?

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Wait was this guy famous as a prophet because he predicted the king dying in some tournament or something

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???: Ugh, you savages

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way more info than needed The Islamic folks actually used that treatment method back then. The thing is, it's not that European doctors didn't know about itโ€”they just didn't follow it because it was the Islamic way of doing things. Nostradamus just went with whatever worked, whether it was conventional or not lol

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wait so this dude actually figured it out when doctors were just like 'bad air lol'? that's insane, respect to him fr

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Not me learning about this guy right now when I spent all of high school thinking the plague was just unsolvable ๐Ÿ’€

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The glow up from being nobody to the king's personal doctor hits different, lowkey motivational ngl

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Okay but did he actually cure it or did people just stop dying because he had good vibes? asking for historical accuracy

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This is the kind of underdog story they should be teaching us instead of whatever was in our textbooks ๐Ÿ˜…

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Man got the ultimate job promotion in the 1300s, literally went from struggling to royalty status