Pictures include a drawing of someone in a medieval plague mask, people wearing similar plague masks on the subway in 2020, and a black and white photo of people wearing cloth masks. After a quick ...

Not quite. It was more than a century ago during the Manchurian plague, when masks were taking their place as the most visible tool of epidemic control. Then as now, geopolitics and distrust of ...

A protective mask used by doctors during the 17th century when they called on patients suffering from the plague. The quality of air was also blamed for the spread of plague - bad, stinking air ...

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 ...

Plague doctors wore a distinctive costume - the beak mask held dried flowers and reduced the effect of bad smells for the medic A suspected case of bubonic plague has been reported to Chinese ...

Doctors at the time wore beaked plague masks in an attempt to breathe in “purified” air. Thankfully, in 2024, cases are very rare, but health officials in Pueblo County, Colorado have ...