Doctors Didn't Actually Wear Beaked Masks During the Black Plague
Long ago , European medico believed that " bad air " caused illnesses — scientist like Louis Pasteur , Robert Koch , andJoseph Listerhadn’t yet delivered scientific proof of the germ theory of disease . To safeguard themselves against miasm , as they call this harmful air , doctors donned a curious accessory while treating sickly patients : a maskwith a farseeing , bird - like beak , which was stuffed with dry out flowers , herbs , and spices ....