protective headgear for plague « Letters from Adelaide

protective headgear for plague

Published March 26, 2009 Uncategorized 1 Comment

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Worn by doctors in Denmark during the plague (14th Century?). The “beak” was stuffed with fragrant herbs.

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1 Mal April 30, 2009 at 2:25 pm

I’m sure it’ll become a fashionable look again, thanks to the latest media frenzy…

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