The Real Reason Plague Doctors Wore Bird Masks

Think plague doctors wore bird masks just to look scary? Think again.


In the 1300s, during the height of the Black Death, people believed disease was spread by bad smells—not germs. So doctors filled their iconic beak-like masks with spices and flowers to “filter the miasma.”


Here’s how science (and fashion) tried to fight the deadliest disease in history.

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