What is Plague doctor?
[[Image:Doktorschnabel 430px.jpg|thumb|210px|''Doktor of Rome'' of Paulus Fürst. With such clothing, doctors in [[Rome]] wanted to [[Personal protective equipment|protect]] themselves from getting the [[Black Death]] (in Rome, 1656).]] A '''plague doctor''' was a [[Physician|doctor]] in the 1340s who tried to stop the [[Black Death]] from [[Epidemic|spreading]]. ==Clothes== The doctors would also carry canes to poke bodies to test if they were still alive and to remind them to stay the correct distance away. The doctors could also examine patients using the cane. The doctors would wear large masks that looked like birds' beaks. This was because people believed the plague spread on bad air. The beaks of the masks were filled with plants, vinegar sponges, or perfume to protect the doctor from the bad air. Plague doctors wore robes covered in [[wax]] so body fluids would not stick to it. They wore glass goggles over their eyes. They would wear [[goggles]] if they could.<ref name=Bec>{{cite journal|title=On Becoming a Plague Doctor|url=https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2011418|author=Mark Earnest|date=September 3, 2020|doi= 10.1056/NEJMp2011418|journal=New England Journal of Medicine|volume=383|issue=10|pages=e64|pmid=32433862|s2cid=218768859|access-date=April 13, 2021}}</ref><ref name=Iowa>{{cite web|title=The Black Death: The Plague, 1331-1770|publisher=University of Iowa|access-date=April 13, 2021|url=http://hosted.lib.uiowa.edu/histmed/plague/}}</ref> ==Popular culture== People in the [[Venice|Venetian]] Carnival dress as plague doctors.<ref name=Bec /> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Europe]] [[Category:Physicians| ]] [[Category:Middle Ages]] [[Category:14th century]] [[Category:History of Europe]]