Plague doctors, or at least images of plague doctors, are having a bit of a cultural moment again, roughly 300 years after their actual heyday. They’ve become popular motifs for stickers, pins ...

The Plague Doctor’s eerie beak mask was designed to protect against “evil” smells thought to cause disease. But the truth behind this creepy costume will shock you! Discover the medically ...

Plague Doctor – The Mask That Feared the Air. Posted: June 2, 2025 | Last updated: June 2, 2025. The beaked mask wasn’t just for show—it was packed with herbs to ward off “bad air.” ...

The plague in Leiden in 1574: a doctor examines a urine flask surrounded by the ill, the dying and the dead. (Image credit: Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)) ...

The birdlike mask—which may predate the outfit by several centuries—was a gas mask. Sort of. de Lorme’s description says the beak should be “filled with perfume” and herbs stuffed into it.

During the 17th-century European plague, physicians wore beaked masks, leather gloves, and long coats in an attempt to fend off the disease. Their iconic and ominous look, as depicted in this 1656 ...

Long ago, European physicians believed that "bad air" caused illnesses—scientists like Louis Pasteur, Robert Koch, and Joseph Lister hadn’t yet delivered scientific proof of the germ theory of ...

She says one particular mask is selling big this fall. “That plague doctor mask with the pointy nose, it’s brown,” Cameron says. “Of course, plague says it all, so I think they just want ...

Major Grom: Plague Doctor is set for release in Russia in theaters starting on April 8th, 2021 next year. For more info on the movie, visit the official English website (or Russian website ). How ...