“Join together - the wolf only snatches the stray bird that flies away from the flock”
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Medical mask-wearing has a long history dating back to the popular beaded masks worn by doctors in the 17th century during the plague
epidemic. They believed that the disease spread through miasmas - bad smells that wafted through the air. Their clothing was thus intended to
protect them from these airborne diseases
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Bauer, S. Wise, the Story of the World Activity Book Two: The Middle Ages: From the Fall of Rome to the Rise of the Renaissance, Peace Hill Press, 2003, ISBN 0-9714129-4-4. Accessed at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_doctor_costume.
https://theconversation.com/a-brief-history-of-masks-fromthe-17th-century-plague-to-the-ongoing-coronavirus-pandemic 142959#:~:text=A%20pneumonic%20plague%20 epidemic%20in,that%20blanketed%20many%20Chinese%20 cities
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