Nostradamus to His Prophecies

Nostradamus to His Prophecies
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Michel de Nostradame was born on December 14, 1503 at St. Remy in Provence, France
to a family of "Christianized" Jews. He was taught a wide range of subjects by both
his grandfathers. By the time that Michel began his formal education in Avignon, where
he learned philosophy, grammar, and rhetoric, he was already well versed in classical
literature, history, medicine, astrology (then a legitimate science), and herbal and folk
medicine.
Nostradamus (the Latin version of his name) first became well known due to his novel
and very successful treatment of bubonic plague, the infamous Black Death that ravaged
France in the early 16th century. His innovative cure consisted basically of cleanliness
and vitamin C. The first step when he entered a village was to have all of the corpses
removed from the streets. He then prescribed for his patients plenty of fresh air,
unpolluted water, and his "Rose Pills," which consisted of rose petals (and, perhaps, rose
hips), sawdust from green cypress, iris, cloves, calamus, and lign-aloes. He did not allow
his patients to suffer "bleeding," then a popular, although futile, treatment for everything
from a minor cold to the Great Plague. He truly was successful in combating a disease for
which there appeared to be no cure and no relief. It is estimated that over one-quarter of
the entire population of Europe was killed by the Black Death during its sporadic visits.
In 1537, plague struck Agen, where Nostradamus was living with his wife and two
children. He confidently began to treat his fellow citizens

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