I wonder if those masks truly protected them from the plague…
Although they believed the plague was carried by smell, and therefore filled the noses of the masks with powerful smelling herbs and spices, the act of covering their face to some extent would have protected them from airborne pathogens…
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Or body-snatchers?? BRAVO GARTH!
Thanks Raymondo… eerie aren’t they? How ace if doctors today still looked like that…
– Garth Horsfield
love your work, you have an amazing gallery. So glad I stumbled upon and this is brilliant
Thankyou very much.
– Garth Horsfield
I too just stumbled upon your gallery and I love your dark art… amazing talent – very cool!
♥RestLeSsD.
I wonder if those masks truly protected them from the plague…
Although they believed the plague was carried by smell, and therefore filled the noses of the masks with powerful smelling herbs and spices, the act of covering their face to some extent would have protected them from airborne pathogens…
– Garth Horsfield