@irmacdtho1w: Why plague doctors wear beaked masks3#HistoryExplained #ancienthistory #HistoricalFacts #HistoryTok

#1 nakano glazer :

“Doctor I feel like I’m on fire” “kinda like my fit

tre :

"doctor i think im dying" "to see the fit I presume."

huni :

what did the ravens on their shoulders do

no¹ mikalight fan ever :

except they looked more like this

rj :

doesnt that mean it technically was just a precursur to the gas mask / hazmat mask?

TYRADDICAL :

tuffest fit made in the name of medicine

nug life :

spy vs spy

✩ɌᕔҜꚶɌᕔĬ✩🪨💥 :

it didn't work for the reason they thought it did, but the mask adding so much filtration as well as being a social distance device probably did keep the medical personnel safer

KreamesicleXOXO🔜TFF26 :

Well honestly i wouldn’t be surprised if some of those herbs repelled the fleas and did help a few of those do you work to repel them

idkwhattoputhere :

the wax actually protected the doctors from the fleas that spread the plague.

Alex :

I always heard the herbs and flowers were to cover the smell of all the d3ad bodies from the plague 😅

Bread 🍞 :

I figured the mask would worked for anything airborne not the herbs part but just the mask by itself

dylsmysic :

That would’ve smelled like insanity

blue :

goku_218 :

they look like civil protection officers from half life two

poenarum :

the most disappointing fact is they weren't really doctors. Their usual job was taking inventory of the already-deceased.

michaelrodgers631 :

Basically a dollar store gas mask

𝓐𝔁𝓲𝓸𝓶 𝓥𝓪𝓻𝓸 :

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Neb_Ardeliss :

You know it might’ve been entirely useless at the time, but you know it’s still pretty cool idea and at least we got drip out of it

Jacx :

Red Plague :

Pteranodon sternbergi :

Mmm yersinia peatis

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the_expungedd :