https://padlet.com/jnnebula/olt8x84gwwra The official research padlet for plague doctors. en-us 2017-08-31 12:44:23 UTC 2017-08-31 12:57:24 UTC hello@padlet.com jnnebula https://padlet.com/jnnebula/olt8x84gwwra/wish/183920936 2017-08-31 12:45:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jnnebula/olt8x84gwwra/wish/183920936 jnnebula https://padlet.com/jnnebula/olt8x84gwwra/wish/183921208 2017-08-31 12:46:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jnnebula/olt8x84gwwra/wish/183921208 jnnebula https://padlet.com/jnnebula/olt8x84gwwra/wish/183921584 A plague doctor was a medical physician who treated victims of the plague.]]> 2017-08-31 12:47:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jnnebula/olt8x84gwwra/wish/183921584 jnnebula https://padlet.com/jnnebula/olt8x84gwwra/wish/183922407 Plague doctors wore a mask with a bird-like beak to protect them from being infected by the disease, which they believed was airborne. In fact, they thought disease was spread by miasma, a noxious form of 'bad air.']]> 2017-08-31 12:50:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jnnebula/olt8x84gwwra/wish/183922407 jnnebula https://padlet.com/jnnebula/olt8x84gwwra/wish/183922598 One of the most distinctive masks worn during the Carnival of Venice is “Il Medico della Peste,” or “The Plague Doctor.” But the distinctive bone-white mask and black clothing was actually the 17th century equivalent of a biocontainment suit.]]> 2017-08-31 12:51:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jnnebula/olt8x84gwwra/wish/183922598 jnnebula https://padlet.com/jnnebula/olt8x84gwwra/wish/183923167 2017-08-31 12:53:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jnnebula/olt8x84gwwra/wish/183923167 jnnebula https://padlet.com/jnnebula/olt8x84gwwra/wish/183923447 These masks were NOT used during the 'Black Death', as they originated in the 17th century, and the 'Black Death' was in the 14th century!]]> 2017-08-31 12:54:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jnnebula/olt8x84gwwra/wish/183923447