Methods
Plague doctors practiced bloodletting and other remedies such as putting frogs on the buboes to "rebalance the humors" as a normal routine. Plague doctors could not generally interact with the general public because of the nature of their business and the possibility of spreading the disease; they could also be subject to quarantine.
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