The beaked mask wasn’t just for show—it was packed with herbs to ward off “bad air.” Underneath it? One of the most haunting ...

Even before the pandemic, he’d started noticing plague doctors bubbling into ... And because you’re not a bird, the mask gives you a cavity in front of your mouth and nose, which you can ...

Copper engraving of Doctor Schnabel [i.e Dr. Beak], a plague doctor ... into a patient’s open abdomen during surgery probably wasn’t a great idea. Berger’s mask tied above his nose and ...

This is a 17th-century German or Austrian plague doctor mask, from the collection of the ... and a cone-shaped protuberance over the nose and mouth with two small holes on either side to let ...

Believing the plague spread through miasma, or bad air, doctors wore elaborate costumes with beak-like masks filled with aromatic substances to protect themselves. Also called 'Black Death' and ...