Masks of Mortality: Plague Doctors and the Black Death

In the grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, as the Black Death descended across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from the: the plague doctor. Robe in a long, horrific coat of greased cloth and a distinctive mask designed from leather, it was a omen of both fear and illusory hope. Their masks, regularly equipped with glass, were thought to filte

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