The Dark Allure Of The Plague Doctor: Behind The Beak

By Chelsea: Few historical figures are as instantly recognisable—or as wonderfully unsettling—as the plague doctor. With a birdlike mask, hollow black eye lenses, and a long coat that seems tailor-made for a midnight funeral, this peculiar figure looks less like a physician and more like an omen that has learned to walk upright. It is read more…