Tag: plague

So, as we are settling into a more routine routine, to some extent – a lot of these posts will reflect a backlog. Some will even be (sort of) intersectional – where medical research meets history so to speak. This isn’t about a clinical trial – but this suit was worn by a plague doctor. The weird beak thing was a pretty intense mask (filled with lavender and other herbs to ward off the miasma – but actually pretty effectively filter out airborne Yersinia pestis). At times in my medical career I have wished for some lavender in my mask … sometimes for toxic sock syndrome / sometimes for other things.