Plague Doctor

The Plague Doctor's costume was designed to protect you from what was thought of as "evil" smells or bad air which was seen as the cause of infection at the time. This is now known as the medically obsolete ‘Miasma theory’.

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Credit:

Narrator:

Chris Kane

Animation:
Daniel Turner

Artwork:
Daniel Turner
Thanks to Simple History fan Nathan Dim for drawing the backgrounds elements for this episode:

Music Credit

Interesting sources:

Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Volume XX, Issue 3, 1 July 1965, Pages 276

Fighting the Plague in Seventeenth-century Italy
By Carlo M. Cipolla

Encyclopedia of Plague and Pestilence: From Ancient Times to the Present
By George C. Kohn

[tsoochinaka]

17th century : plague doctor

2012 : SCP-049

[justincholos.balisang]

"We're spendin most our lives living on the Gangsta's Paradise."

[demonetization]

_"Do not be afraid, _*_I AM_*_ the cure."_
-Plague Doctor

[liammckeown]

“Damn bro you got the plague, here’s a spider”

[Handicast]

"My cure is the best"
_proceeds to turn them zombies_

[apple]

Corona Virus : Im the Deadliest Virus

Black Death : Are you challenging me mortal

[skeletonentertainment]

Guy1: bro what's the wifi password?
Guy2: check the back of the router
The back of the router: 1:40

[fantasybabydino]

Sounds like he is making an epic trailer. THE PLAGUE DOCTOR, THIS SUMMER

[Mare_Man]

Why is Solid Snake telling me about medieval medical practice?

[kenythegr]

china: god dammit I am suffering from coronavirus
plague doctors: don't worry we got this

[bigdapramirez]

Types of disasters:
the beubonic plague
The great molasses spill
The Titanic sinking
The Hindenburg
The Chernobyl incident
The great depression
The Great Tik Tok outbreak of 2018.

(Edit) and yes yes, the virus of course. I wrote the original comment before any of this happended, so everyone who's think about saying "what about covid 19?" Keep that in mind

[blowing_chunks]

Thanks for the idea for my Halloween costume

[Simplehistory]

What do you think of the Plague Doctor and his costume?

[timofeyvolgin]

Teacher: "Next week we are visiting the ancient cities of Italy!"
Girls: "Oh my gosh, Italy is beautiful!"
Boys:

[daonlykiwi]

17th century: "Plague Doctors risked their lives"
SCP-049: "Allow me to introduce myself"

[TheStapleGunKid]

Funny how the plague doctor looks like a villain from a 1980s slasher film.

If I was a plague victim, I wouldn't be too confident in a "doctor" who dresses like the angel of death.

[harambejr.]

I find it ironic how wild birds usually have all sorts of diseases harmful to humans, yet back then people believed a guy pretty much dressed up as one would help.

[gamerfartmaster]

People says that a plague doctor is not a reliable job

2020

Who’s laughing now

[Ghostkar]

the mask idea is actually smart. It's like a scented medical mask. They didn't even realize they were on to something. There were three strains of it. the pnuemoic one was airborne.

[LCRequiem]

A rare footage of SCP-049 before getting contained