Fumigation and incense in the battle against medieval plague

We take a look at how medieval responses to plague focused on ‘rectifying the air’ through fumigation, revealing a sophisticated tradition of preventative practice grounded in early ideas about disease, environment and risk.

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Bulletin of The Royal College of Surgeons of England
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2026-06-30
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https://doi.org/10.1308/rcsbull.2026.98
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Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
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Fumigation and incense in the battle against medieval plague

Thomas Banbury
Bulletin of The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
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Fumigation and incense in the battle against medieval plague

Thomas Banbury
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Abstract

We take a look at how medieval responses to plague focused on ‘rectifying the air’ through fumigation, revealing a sophisticated tradition of preventative practice grounded in early ideas about disease, environment and risk.

Bulletin of The Royal College of Surgeons of EnglandVol. 108(5)
University of Cambridge (GB)
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Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
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