The haunting history of plague doctors and their beaked masks
The doctors filled their masks with theriac- a compound made up of more than 55 herbs and other components like viper flesh ...
BBC4 年
Coronavirus: Hellesdon plague doctor given advice by police
Plague doctors believed the beak-like masks filled with perfume and herbs protected them However, the sight of the black-clad stranger walking around the village provoked numerous reactions on ...
BBC4 年
Coronavirus: Hellesdon walker's plague doctor outfit 'terrifying kids'
Plague doctors in the 17th Century believed the beak-like masks filled with perfume and herbs protected them One person wrote: "Scared the life out of my missus. Terrifying for kids." Another ...
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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.