Masks of Mortality: Plague Doctors and the Black Death

In a grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, as the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from the shadows: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, horrific coat of oiled cloth and a alarming mask designed from leather, he emerged a symbol of both fear and fleeting hope. These masks, regularly equipped with eyes, were imagined to f

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