plague doctor
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Noun
[edit]plague doctor (plural plague doctors)
- (European history) A physician treating the bubonic plague, or employed simply to collect demographic and epidemiological data, especially one wearing protective clothing including goggles and a mask with a long bird's beak filled with aromatics to ward off the disease.
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[edit]plague doctor
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