The Bubonic ... plague was being spread by birds. (We now know that rats and fleas were responsible for spreading the Black Death.) The doctors may have thought that dressing up in a bird-like gas ...

THE bubonic plague wiped out ... on the continent, where the plague raged for decades before reaching British shores. Sadly there were no bird masks or protection for the hundreds - if not ...

In the 17th century, people believed these outfits could purify poisonous air. They were wrong. During the 17th-century European plague, physicians wore beaked masks, leather gloves, and long ...

In Italy and France during the 17th century, the plague doctor was a physician who treated victims of the bubonic plague. He would dawn a plague mask which usually resembled the face of a white ...

Between 1347 and 1351, this outbreak of bubonic plague killed millions of people ... They also wore goggles made of glass and a mask with a long, bird-like beak. The beak was filled with herbs ...

Plague doctors, who wore a bird-like mask with a beak to protect them from being infected, have a become a symbol of the Black Death. Bubonic plague is the most common form of the disease that ...

doctors wore elaborate costumes with beak-like masks filled with aromatic substances to protect themselves. Also called 'Black Death' and 'Pestilence' and 'Great Mortality', the Bubonic plague ...