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So the plague doctor costumes that I'd heard were just for show actually served a useful purpose - to restrict the breathing of contaminated air? http://en.wik
by damian2000 13y ago
So the plague doctor costumes that I'd heard were just for show actually served a useful purpose - to restrict the breathing of contaminated air?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_doctor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_doctor
- 7schlaefer 13y agoThe actual bad smell of infected people was believed to be unhealthy, so afaik most plague masks were built to provide a "good" smell through herbs or incent, but it seems plausible that some of them helped nonetheless.
- 7schlaefer 13y agoThe actual bad smell of infected people was believed to be unhealthy, so afaik most plague masks were built to provide a "good" smell through herbs or incent, but it seems plausible that some of them helped nonetheless.