MASKS OF MORTALITY: PLAGUE DOCTORS AND THE BLACK DEATH

Masks of Mortality: Plague Doctors and the Black Death

In the grim epoch of devastating pestilence, as the Black Death swept across Europe, a chilling apparition emerged from the shadows: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, horrific coat of waxed cloth and a unusual mask designed from leather, they was a omen of both fear and fleeting hope. These masks, regularly bearing peepholes, were thought to filte

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