Episode 94 - Guy de Chauliac and the Black Death

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Episode 94 - Guy de Chauliac and the Black Death

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Aug 3, 2020

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The subject for this episode, written and narrated by Dr. David Sigmon, is the great medieval surgeon Guy de Chauliac. His life and works are covered, including the 'Chirurgia Magna', or 'Great Writings on Surgery', but the main focus is his role in fighting the Black Death in Avignon, France, in 1342, and the lessons he learned about the plague that devastated much of Western civilization.

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Aug 3, 2020

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Episode 94 - Guy de Chauliac and the Black Death

Episode 94 - Guy de Chauliac and the Black Death

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