The haunting history of plague doctors and their beaked masks
The Bubonic plague, also known as the Black Death, ravaged Europe for centuries, claiming millions of lives. Believing the ...
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From the Black Death to Covid-19: The evolution of medical masks as disease control
During the Bubonic plague in the Middle Ages, some European doctors wore beak-like masks to protect against “miasma”, what they called air pollution linked to rotting matter and bad smells.