The Plague Doctor’s eerie beak mask was designed to protect against “evil” smells thought to cause disease. But the truth ...

Evidence from 13th-century chroniclers and physicians indicates plague may have been involved in epidemics a century before ...

The Black Death is probably the most famous pandemic in history. Between 1347 and 1351 ... George Rae, a plague doctor, is standing Leith outside one of the isolation huts. He dreads the thought ...