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THE BLACK DEATH
Cristofano Cessini stepped up to help save an Italian town, but by the time he got to work it was already too late for many.
John Broich is an historian and the author of several books ranging from the history of public health, to race and colonialism, and WWII and nationalism. Beside the Daily Beast, his work appears at BBC History magazine, Mel, Slate, and elsewhere.
Cristofano Cessini stepped up to help save an Italian town, but by the time he got to work it was already too late for many.