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 ...

Plague Doctor Meets Bird of ... “I wanted to explore the 2020 version of those scary plague-doctor masks,” he ... spooky way those materials echoed the ones used by the original plague ...

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 ...

With their dark, heavy robes and beaked masks, the plague doctor will forever be associated with the bubonic plague, even though they first appeared in France and Italy in the 1600s, nearly 300 ...

In fact, medical historians say they weren’t invented until three centuries later, when a 16th century French doctor named Charles de Lorme likely designed what could be described as one of ...

BEAK EXPERIENCE From left: An ‘antipollution mask’ from Marine Serre’s fall 2020 collection; a 17th-century plague doctor in his protective mask; a mesh cover from Louis Vuitton’s spring ...

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