Live coronavirus updates across the East of England Doctors treating those with the Black Death believed the bird-like mask acted as a filter against the disease. Plague doctors believed the beak ...

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 ...

However the most distinctive part of the outfit was the headgear. Plague doctors wore spectacles and a mask with a beak-like ...

They worked in the same way as the protective clothes and masks worn by modern doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic. The plague doctors wore long leather or waxed cloth coats, and leather hats and ...

Coronavirus ... 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 ...