Plague doctors wore spectacles and a mask with a beak-like nose extending ... gave birth to an elaborate garb which doctors ...

nor is resistance to mask-wearing, but mask designs have changed considerably from their first iterations. A 1619 outbreak of plague in France, rooted largely in Paris, led to the first medical mask.

Measures like forced isolation and wearing protective ... way as the protective clothes and masks worn by modern doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic. The plague doctors wore long leather or ...