mermaidbrianna:

most people don’t know that these masks where used by doctors during the bubonic plague. the plague sufferers smelled terrible and the doctors would wear these masks, not only as protection, but also to escape the terrible scent. the “beak” was put there so that they could stuff herbs in it.

Monday Feb 2 @ 01:40pm with 33,458 notes
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