Believing the plague spread through miasma, or bad air, doctors wore elaborate costumes with beak-like masks filled with aromatic substances to protect themselves. Also called 'Black Death' and ...

Over the following centuries, plague returned many times, with a particularly ... time was very limited and doctors had no knowledge of germs or bacteria. The medieval response to plague did ...

Plague doctors wore a distinctive costume - the ... Although plague has been the cause of widespread disease outbreaks in medieval times, any outbreaks today are thankfully small.