>>11444253>le funneh birde outfit In dark age people thought that diseases were transmitted by bad smells, that's why they designed this mask and put herbs in the beak to filter bad smells.
The coats were waxed cloth, since they assumed that if a disease jumps onto them, it will simply slide off.
Also plague doctors were typically quacks with little medical knowledge.
Check out "Fredrick Knudsen down the rabbit hole plague doctors" on youtube for more insights, it's a good video.
