A medieval [[doctor]] hired to care for victims of "plague":http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs267/en/index.html. Functioning under the auspices of a municipal government, he oversaw rich and poor in the company of a custodian, wearing sombre leather overcoat, boots, and gloves, and carrying a stick to examine patients without touching them. A plague doctor also wore a beaked [[mask]] containing aromatic items thought to ward off the miasma that carried the disease.

h4. See also

* Wikipedia: "Plague (disease)":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_%28disease%29
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