Plage Doctor
A plague doctor was a physician who treated victims of the bubonic plague.
Plage doctor. The plague doctor is arguably one of the most enigmatic figures to have emerged from the middle ages. Plague doctors with infamous beak masks are a commonly associated with the black death. The medic of the plague who wears a distinctive mask worn during the carnival of venice. Plague doctor bird leather mask and cloak long nose beak halloween costume props leather masks for adults.
These were european physicians who specialized in treating victims of the plague the best known example being the black death. The costume is also associated with a commedia dell arte character called il medico della peste lit. Written by øyvind svanes lunde plot summary add synopsis. 17th century plague doctors were the stuff of nightmares the long beaked mask of the plague doctor was typically filled with sweet or strong smelling herbs such as wormwood the main ingredient in absinthe which were believed to filter out miasma or bad air.
Nostradamus was a reference to stop the black death pandemic. Plague doctors were public servants hired by villages towns or cities when a plague struck. However these costumes were far less common and emerged much later in the 17th century. A beaked venetian carnival mask with the inscription medico della peste plague doctor beneath the right eye.
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In times of epidemics these physicians were specifically hired by towns where the plague had taken hold. Hans splinter flickr cc by nd 2 0.