To safeguard themselves against miasma, as they called this harmful air, doctors donned a curious accessory while treating sickly patients: a mask with a long, bird-like beak, which was stuffed ...

During the 17th-century European plague, physicians wore beaked masks, leather gloves, and long coats in an attempt to fend off the disease. Their iconic and ominous look, as depicted in this 1656 ...

Plague Doctors, with infamous beak masks, are a commonly associated with the Black Death. However, these costumes were far less common and emerged much later, in the 17th century. (Image credit ...

The Bubonic plague, also known as the Black Death, ... Plague doctors wore spectacles and a mask with a beak-like nose extending about six inches, filled with aromatic substances.

Police are searching for a a person who has been spotted walking amid the coronavirus pandemic in a creepy beak-like mask, which has a very sinister history. Locals of Hellesdon, near Norfolk in ...

The Plague Doctor’s eerie beak mask was designed to protect against “evil” smells thought to cause disease. But the truth behind this creepy costume will shock you! Discover the medically ...