MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

Masks of Mortality: Plague Doctors and the Black Death

In this grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, during the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from its: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, horrific coat of waxed cloth and a unusual mask designed from leather, he emerged a omen of both fear and temporary hope. These masks, frequently bearing glass, were believed to filter t

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