The Bubonic plague, also known as the Black Death, ravaged Europe for centuries, claiming millions of lives. Believing the ...

Live coronavirus updates across the East of England Doctors treating those with the Black Death believed the bird-like mask acted as a filter against the disease. Plague doctors believed the beak ...

Doctors treating those with the Black Death believed the mask acted as a filter against ... page attracting many different points of view. Plague doctors in the 17th Century believed the beak ...

During the Bubonic plague in the Middle Ages, some European doctors wore beak-like masks to protect against ... in his book Epidemics and Society: From the Black Death to the Present.