Nostradamus is today largely remembered for his vaguely worded prophecies. But in 1518, he was traveling the French countryside acting as a plague doctor—and he was a mere 15 years old. After living this way for several years, he reenrolled in university (he’d started at 14 but had dropped out to become a traveling apothecary) and earned his degree in medicine in 1522. He continued to work as a plague doctor, as he was seemingly immune to the disease himself. According to his writings, Nostradamus felt he was doing little good in treating the afflicted because his remedies only made victims comfortable rather than curing them. In actuality, he was one of the first doctors to get it right. Instead of typical medieval treatments like leeches and bleeding, Nostradamus pushed for curing the plague with cleanliness. Patients were encouraged to go outside and to get fresh air. He kept those patients and their surroundings clean and disposed properly of infected corpses. He also subscribed to the notion that the plague was caused by bad air, and he developed a spice and rose lozenge that would ease sufferers’ symptoms. At one point, he had such success curing people of the plague that he was comfortably supported by donations from individuals who lived in the city of Provence.
諾查丹瑪士現今還被人提及很大程度上是由于他那些措辭模糊的預言，但在1518年，他作為一名瘟疫醫生而周游法國鄉村——那時他才15歲。在行醫幾年之后，他重返大學校園（他在14歲時入學但中途輟學成為一名旅行藥劑師）并在1522年獲得醫學學位。之后，他選擇繼續當一名鼠疫醫生，而他似乎對鼠疫具有特殊的免疫力。根據諾查丹瑪士的記載，他其實對消除患者的痛苦沒做太大貢獻。因為他的治療方法其實不能讓他們痊愈，只能讓他們好受點。實際上，他是第一個進行正確治療方法的人。不像中世紀典型的治療法 ，比如水蛭吸血法和放血法。他堅持要用清潔療法來治療瘟疫。他的病人們都被鼓勵到外面去呼吸新鮮空氣。他還讓他的病人和周圍的環境保持清潔，同時他也合理的處理受到感染的尸體。他也發表過這樣的言論，瘟疫是惡劣的空氣傳播致病的。并且他還發明了一種香料和玫瑰含片來減輕患者的病癥。他有一次居然成功的治愈了患有瘟疫的人，所以普羅旺斯的居民都給他捐款作為報答。
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