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"Bonaparte visiting victims of the (bubonic) plague in Jaffa, March 11th, 1799", c. 1804 by Antoine Gros - Louvre Museum, Paris, France.

"Bubo" denotes swelling of lymph nodes. In this instance the plague is likely to the "Bubonic plague" (acquired from bites by fleas from infected rodents).

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