Masks of Mortality: Plague Doctors and the Black Death

In the grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, as the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling apparition emerged from the shadows: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, bizarre coat of greased cloth and a unusual mask fashioned from leather, they was a symbol of both fear and illusory hope. Their masks, frequently bearing eyes, were thought to fil

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