Plague doctors and PPE: Today's gear has nothing on the medical garb of the Renaissance

If today's personal protective clothing is impersonal, its 17th-century equivalent was downright sinister, writes Ainsley Hawthorn.
If today's personal protective clothing is impersonal, its 17th-century equivalent was downright sinister, writes Ainsley Hawthorn.

The Renaissance of the Mask: from plague doctor beaks to velvet visards - Refashioning the Renaissance

Plague doctors and PPE: Today's gear has nothing on the medical garb of the Renaissance

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European Plague Doctor Garb Was Black, Beaked, and Very Bleak - Atlas Obscura

Mask of the Plague Doctor – The BS Historian

Did plague doctors during the black death (1348) actually wear the famous costume? - Quora

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European Plague Doctor Garb Was Black, Beaked, and Very Bleak - Atlas Obscura

Plague doctors and PPE: Today's gear has nothing on the medical garb of the Renaissance