Plague Dr

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Plague doctors were medical physicians who treated those afflicted with the bubonic plague during epidemics, primarily in the 16th and 17th centuries. They were often hired by towns or cities to treat infected patients, regardless of their income, focusing especially on the poor who could not afford to pay. These doctors became an iconic symbol of the Black Death, wearing distinctive protective clothing with a beaked mask. The beak was filled with aromatic items like herbs and spices, which ...