Masks of Mortality: Plague Doctors and the Black Death

In a grim epoch of ravaging pestilence, as the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from the shadows: the plague doctor. Robe in a long, bizarre coat of waxed 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 imagined to filter t

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