Masks of Mortality: Plague Doctors and the Black Death

In the grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, during 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 constructed from leather, he was a symbol of both fear and fleeting hope. These masks, regularly bearing peepholes, were believed

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