A Remarkable Doctor | Ken Follett’s Jouney Into the Dark Ages
Author Ken Follett explores the work of a plague doctor in the Santa Maria Nuova hospital in Florence. Contains reconstructions of sickness and death which some viewers may find disturbing.
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