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What a real plague doctor mask looks like
Posted on 8/30/18 at 9:48 pm
Posted on 8/30/18 at 9:48 pm
Can’t imagine what it’s like living back then with everyone dropping dead
Plague Doctor
A plague doctor was a medical physician who treated victims of the bubonic plague.[1] In times of epidemics, such physicians were specifically hired by towns where the plague had taken hold. Since the city was paying their salary, they treated everyone: both the wealthy and the poor.[2] However, some plague doctors were known to charge patients and their families additional fees for special treatments and/or false cures.[3] Typically they were not professionally trained nor experienced physicians or surgeons, but rather they were often either second-rate doctors unable to otherwise run a successful medical practice or young physicians seeking to establish themselves.[1] These doctors rarely cured their patients; rather, they served to record a count of the number of people contaminated for demographic purposes.
Plague Doctor
A plague doctor was a medical physician who treated victims of the bubonic plague.[1] In times of epidemics, such physicians were specifically hired by towns where the plague had taken hold. Since the city was paying their salary, they treated everyone: both the wealthy and the poor.[2] However, some plague doctors were known to charge patients and their families additional fees for special treatments and/or false cures.[3] Typically they were not professionally trained nor experienced physicians or surgeons, but rather they were often either second-rate doctors unable to otherwise run a successful medical practice or young physicians seeking to establish themselves.[1] These doctors rarely cured their patients; rather, they served to record a count of the number of people contaminated for demographic purposes.
This post was edited on 8/30/18 at 9:49 pm
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Posted on 8/30/18 at 9:49 pm to DavidTheGnome
The point of the beak was to stuff in spices and herbs and breathe through them.
Posted on 8/30/18 at 9:51 pm to DavidTheGnome
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rather they were often either second-rate doctors
safe to say they were all second-rate doctors back then.
Posted on 8/30/18 at 9:52 pm to weagle99
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The point of the beak was to stuff in spices and herbs and breathe through them.
I bet they used it for butt stuff, too.
Posted on 8/30/18 at 10:00 pm to shutterspeed
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I bet they used it for butt stuff, too.
This made me legit
Posted on 8/30/18 at 10:02 pm to DavidTheGnome
IWWI
Posted on 8/30/18 at 10:05 pm to DavidTheGnome
Man, that shite just looks evil to me....
Posted on 8/30/18 at 10:32 pm to Jyrdis
Black Death
The Black Death is estimated to have killed 30–60% of Europe's total population.[6] In total, the plague may have reduced the world population from an estimated 450 million down to 350–375 million in the 14th century.[7] It took 200 years for the world population to recover to its previous level.[8][9] The plague recurred as outbreaks in Europe until the 19th century.
The Black Death is estimated to have killed 30–60% of Europe's total population.[6] In total, the plague may have reduced the world population from an estimated 450 million down to 350–375 million in the 14th century.[7] It took 200 years for the world population to recover to its previous level.[8][9] The plague recurred as outbreaks in Europe until the 19th century.
Posted on 8/30/18 at 10:48 pm to DavidTheGnome
Maybe if they’d washed their hands......
Posted on 8/30/18 at 11:34 pm to DavidTheGnome
Meth: Not even once.
Posted on 8/31/18 at 12:22 am to DavidTheGnome
I read a long description of this recenty in a book that covered the plague in depth. The doctors weren't great. But they did have some expertise and know how greater than most other people around. A lot of them were university trained and the book did have a long list of stuff the average doctor could diagnose and/or cure
Posted on 8/31/18 at 1:39 am to DavidTheGnome
what the hell did the doctor do? scare the shite outta the patients with that mask?
/willies
looks like something from an m. knight shamalayan movie.
/willies
looks like something from an m. knight shamalayan movie.
Posted on 8/31/18 at 1:43 am to weagle99
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The point of the beak was to stuff in spices and herbs and breathe through them.
Plus it was a physical barrier, keeping the doctors face a distance from the patients.
Posted on 8/31/18 at 2:52 am to weagle99
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The scented materials included juniper berry, ambergris, roses (Rosa), mint(Mentha spicata L.) leaves, camphor, cloves, laudanum
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Laudanum is a tincture of opium
Posted on 8/31/18 at 5:39 am to DavidTheGnome
Bring out your dead
Posted on 8/31/18 at 5:49 am to shutterspeed
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I bet they used it for butt stuff, too.
i love the term "butt stuff." My friend's (an erstwhile famous TD poster) 4-year old daughter said it once, obviously not talking about anything prurient, and I almost peed.
Posted on 8/31/18 at 5:53 am to DavidTheGnome
You know, gingivitus is the number one cause of all tooth decay.
Posted on 8/31/18 at 7:01 am to DavidTheGnome
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The Black Death is estimated to have killed 30–60% of Europe's total population.
Posted on 8/31/18 at 8:08 am to DavidTheGnome
Coolest thing I’ve seen today. Thanks.
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