EPISODE · May 1, 2026 · 7 MIN
May 2 Fr Kircher, the Plague and Quarantine
from The Pearl of Great Price · host Tim Byron
Send us Fan MailThe last polymath of the renaissance era was Fr Antanasius Kircher SJ. Among his many accomplishments he was the first to look at the blood of bubonic plague victims under a microscope and to realise that the 'pestis' was contagious. He suggested Quarantine, wearing masks and burning the clothes of victims.
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