Burying victims of the Plague of London (1665)

Burying victims of the Plague of London (1665) at night in multiple graves. Two of men are smoking pipes, partly to combat stench of corpses, partly in the hope that Tobacco smoke would prevent them becoming infected. Copperplate engraving

1665 Becoming Bubonic Burying Corpses Epidemic Infected Multiple Partly Pipes Plague Practices Prevent Stench

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