MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

Masks of Mortality: Plague Doctors and the Black Death

In this grim epoch of devastating pestilence, when the Black Death swept across Europe, a chilling apparition emerged from its: the plague doctor. Clad a long, bizarre coat of waxed cloth and a unusual mask constructed from leather, he was a symbol of both fear and illusory hope. These masks, often bearing eyes, were thought to filter the miasma th

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