"Plague doctors" were special doctors that treated victims of the terrible epidemics that spread through medieval Europe and after. Because it was believed that these plagues spred through "putrid air", from the 17th century they began to wear special costumes with masks with long beaks over their nose filled with aromatic items and perfumes.
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