historical1563 – 1653

Nial O'Glacan

poet · pathologist

Nial O'Glacan (Irish: Niall Ó Glacáin; c. 1563 – 1653) was an Irish physician and plague doctor who worked to treat victims of bubonic plague outbreaks throughout continental Europe. He was a physician to Hugh Roe O'Donnell and King Louis XIII.

Born
1563
Died
1653

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