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Smell in eighteenth-century England: a social sense

Matthew McCormack

2021Cultural and Social History16 citationsDOI

Abstract

One of the most common historical images during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 was that of the plague doctor. The iconic costume from seventeenth-century Italy featured a long black cloak, a wide-br...

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