The Cambridge Guide to the Worlds of Shakespeare 2019
DOI: 10.1017/9781316137062.099
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“…During the bubonic plague in London (1665-66), many physicians, who were exclusively male at the time, did not risk examining contagious corpses and fled the diseaseridden city, which left the essential job of searching for the dead to women under economic duress. 21 In some cases, authorities took even less desirable steps, forcing some groups to undertake critical tasks that were extremely dangerous during plague outbreaks. City health officials in Marseille at the beginning of the eighteenth century, for example, purchased slaves from a quarantined ship to cart and bury corpses.…”
Section: The Concept Of Key or Essential Work Over Timementioning
confidence: 99%
“…During the bubonic plague in London (1665-66), many physicians, who were exclusively male at the time, did not risk examining contagious corpses and fled the diseaseridden city, which left the essential job of searching for the dead to women under economic duress. 21 In some cases, authorities took even less desirable steps, forcing some groups to undertake critical tasks that were extremely dangerous during plague outbreaks. City health officials in Marseille at the beginning of the eighteenth century, for example, purchased slaves from a quarantined ship to cart and bury corpses.…”
Section: The Concept Of Key or Essential Work Over Timementioning
confidence: 99%