Why plague doctors wore beaked masks

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Explore the history of the European plague doctor, and find out where their iconic outfit of a beaked mask and robe came from.
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The year is 1656. Your body is wracked by violent chills. Your head pounds and you're too weak to sit up. In your feverish state, you see a strange-looking man wearing a beak-like mask, his body covered from head to toe. Without seeing his face, you know: you have the plague. So, where did these iconic outfits come from? Stephanie Honchell Smith explores the history of plague doctors.
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@CCLLRRKK Год назад

I have exam tomorrow but this is more important

@tej2130 Год назад

Same

@roopakshetty132 Год назад

Couldn't be more relatable 😭😭

@yafetdaniel2965 Год назад

@@roopakshetty132 fr

@adelah5053 Год назад

🤣🤣

@tonight7559 Год назад

Wtf is this me

@sketchyskies8531 Год назад

I would be terrified if I saw a man in a crow mask while having a fever

@kool-aidman7454 Год назад

I would think Death has come to take me.

@SusannaJ Год назад

🤣

@cameraamnhac Год назад

hello friends

@jaxtheoverlord6959 Год назад

If I saw that I'd assume I was already dead

@mcfarofinha134 Год назад

I would assume the reaper came for me

@Brydav_Massbear Год назад

What I love so much about the Plague Doctors is that they are the perfect example of how sometimes just because something is dark and creepy, doesn't necessarily mean they are bad.

@cookiedough6733 9 месяцев назад

I concur

@Your_online_dude 7 месяцев назад

I heavily agree 😊

@gordonlekfors2708 5 месяцев назад

how do you mean that they are dark?

@grayrobber 3 месяца назад

@@gordonlekfors2708what he means is in the theme, not colour.

@jejehatesme31 29 дней назад

considering they thought bleeding you out was good treatment i would say that it is a bad thing

@rikachiu Год назад

I can't help but contrast this to our recent pandemic. It's insane how people take what we have today for granted.

@chancehendrix7139 Год назад

Like what? Preventative snake oil? High blood pressure snake oil that has the ability to cause side effects? Anti depressive chemical mind shackles?

@monicatheintrovert Год назад

Tell them to the anti-vaccs

@TheSoftballstar1261 Год назад

@@monicatheintrovert I agree!!!

@MasterPandaBearChannel Год назад

@@monicatheintrovert lol totally not that one. Taking a vax without any evidence of cure

@LuckyFlesh Год назад

@@monicatheintrovert The "vaccines" don't prevent you from catching or spreading Covid. Ergo, technically, they are therapeutics, not vaccines. Ergo, "anti vaccs" makes no sense.

@outtomyol5542 Год назад

My students often want to write on plague doctors for my medieval courses not knowing that they were an early modern phenomena. This is a great resource for setting that timeline straight. Thanks!

@iooioo553 Год назад

Dude just let them pass

@Kirasfox Год назад

@@iooioo553 .....they need to learn first

@punprincess3214 Год назад

your students will no doubt love this!

@NOOBCRASTINATOR69 Год назад

Thank you to all the doctors for sacrificing their comfort for people like us. Its not about money it's about their compassion humanity and hard work💕 Edit: anything anyone does is about the money. But lemme tell u money doesn't have the power to generate that kind of dedication and sympathy to save a human life,money is something but not everything. There's surgeons in OT for straight up 48 to 72hrs trying to make someone's life better..this amount of effort is priceless, no money can repay them..

@joychristopherj8264 Год назад

Only applicable to doctors of those time

@Lush_Produce Год назад

Its about the money

@hazardeur Год назад

@@Lush_Produce shut up. of course they earn well but you probably forgot to think about the fact that a doctor is one of the most, if not THE most important profession there is for us humans. Also, they have a rather lenghty studying process and it takes years often times decades to become a certified doctor in a field. on top of that you have to deal with other people, having to look and touch their sick body parts which probably is not such a pleasurable thing to do most of the time and i'm not even talking about surgeons. On top of that top, they usually work a lot and often have to be available on short notice and/or work long shits until something is completed. and on top of that, they aren't allowed to make mistakes because you better believe that customers families and themselves will not be happy if things go south so it's a lot of pressure and expectation. most people who want to be doctors don't think about the money first or second, they think about helping people and doing what they find interesting. if they'd be in for the money, they could just study business economics, be done after 3 years and earn just as big and even become a business owner. much, much easier and faster. i think it's just right to have doctors earn good money and, if it were for me, the same would be true for many other underrated jobs in healthcare like nurses, social workers, hospital staff etc. etc.

@Lush_Produce Год назад

@@hazardeur dude it’s like if I was a doctor I would do it for the money but I would take care of the patients

@Lush_Produce Год назад

Probably should’ve mentioned that

@crweewrc1388 Год назад

THIS is why I love Ted- ed. They always try to answer such interesting questions!

@wizlounge Год назад

This video is only here to get you to click on their other video about the next pandemic. If you look into it, you'll find that Ted Ed is funded by the gates foundation. It's all manipulation

@lilsophiewithafrog8343 Год назад

Don’t listen to them they a scammer if that wasn’t obvious

@osheridan Год назад

@@lilsophiewithafrog8343 I thought you meant Ted Ed at first and was confused to how you can scam w/o the audience paying you lol-

@johnnyle6668 Год назад

A lot of the stuff that they put in the beak actually made sense. Cinnamon and pepper will cause you to produce more mucus while copper is anti microbial

@s_m_v 18 дней назад

The powdered viper flesh made the most sense.

@vanniedahilig8096 Год назад

It’s ironic that in probably 50yrs from now the recent pandemic would be talked about like this. And yet we’ve lived through it. Even experienced it

@sherlockholmes9066 Год назад

Why ironic?

@sherlockholmes9066 Год назад

@@jdb85 Why thank you

@those.gamers. Год назад

People wore masks similar to ours in the Spanish flu a century ago

@pain_weaver Год назад

Spanish flu was the most recent actual pandemic

@catpocalypsenow8090 Год назад

We experienced a narrative, and people went along with it.

@mohammedsaquibkhan2592 Год назад

"Some things never change" is such a beautiful phrase in this case😍😇 Inspiring future physicians.

@AdamSmith-gs2dv Год назад

They definitely don't. Masks were completely useless at preventing the plague and they were also completely useless at preventing COVID. Yet people still wore them and thought they were "working"... People are absolute MORONS

@atklm1 Месяц назад

And also inspiring future pharmacologists (whom are often also physicians) the fact that we cured plague, among most other bacterial infections with invention of penicillin mass production.

@Sllee93 Год назад

I love the finishing touches to honor the brave and noble healthcare professionals, both modern and in ancient times.

@smrtchnl Год назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-L9f1YZWg8l0.html

@DannyConeHeadOnceLer Год назад

I agree, at least they attempt to welcome science and cure the diseases they had to deal with it back then

@lrvdo Год назад

Thanks doctors, scientists, engineers for not giving up.

@yellowstarproductions6743 3 месяца назад

Same here ❤

@joshchristopher551 Год назад

People got scared of that mask at that time because if you see him in that mask, you got a death sentence

@lifeiscats1337 Год назад

Yep, it’s pretty much like the grim reaper. Once u see em, ur dead 💀

@B3_H0N3ST Год назад

Can we just appreciate ted ed for always giving up facts and pieces of knowledge weekly or monthly

@yellowstarproductions6743 3 месяца назад

I agree.❤

@jacka7275 Год назад

They are stylish and intimidating. Why do you think no one stops Bob the Necromancer from doing his unboxings

@yellowstarproductions6743 3 месяца назад

Same here

@NoSuffix Год назад

Interesting! I used to think that those figures were the symbol of death during plagues. Turns out close enough considering < 40% survival rate.

@puncifikator3870 Год назад

the copper in the beak is actually smart. pure copper metal kills bacteria and viruses so it would theoretically work though obviously it would also pose a health risk to the user

@dezzydayy4608 Год назад

I feel like we needed this during the early stages of covid. Great job overall.

@alejandrocordero2492 Год назад

Yep, just get that plague doctor suit, and then you're immune to the COVID. I don't see any other solution (besides getting a hazmat suit).

@tylerwill5250 7 дней назад

Lol….we are talking about something that had a 30-40 percent survival rate and comparing ot to covid. Covid wasn’t that serious bot

@the-id9vo Год назад

this is would be the most terrifying thing to see while sick

@thenoobimatorguy Год назад

True I would be scared to death even though I knew that I would already die

@elizakimori8720 Год назад

These masks were used in the Netherlands (+Belgium) too, museums are filled with them

@jessicajayes8326 Год назад

I remember when beaked masks became fashionable during the pandemic. I made some cute masks but they weren't like that. I was very careful and got vaccinated as soon as I could. When I did get sick, I donned my masks again and didn't make direct contact with anyone for 8 days. Nobody got sick from me!

@adamarce4593 Год назад

you're such a virtuous human being! Thank god for you! Make sure you get your 17th jab or I'm revoking your virtue card!

@HIFLY01 Год назад

Gets vaccine, still gets sick

@thepopulationofkazakhstan1116 Год назад

@@HIFLY01 doesn't get vaccinated, dies...

@HIFLY01 Год назад

@@thepopulationofkazakhstan1116 I mean I'm fine. Haven't gotten sick either lol. You missing all the reports and what they're finding out on the rushed vaccines?

@MayTheSchwartzBeWithYou Год назад

@@adamarce4593 Clown 🤡

@Snowman_44 Год назад

Who knew a doctor's outift would look this cool

@Gabriel-jg5wh Год назад

I just can’t imagine in the next few hundred or even thousand what doctors will be wearing. Ofc if earth survives

@Guru_1092 Год назад

Surprised that they weren't more widespread actually. I wonder which physician came up with the idea for the garb and beak combo first.

@paulg3336 Год назад

The beak masks were more popular than the snout and trunk versions

@rooploverence Год назад

Nothing like going home after school and watching some TED-Ed

@devalsinhsindha8626 Год назад

It was so needed to appreciate the advancement of medical science. Knowledge has ended sufferings of the world. Believe it or not, not even Alexander had the luxury of sitting under fan, flying like bird, or even treat himself of malaria or typhoid and here we are, 200 dollars and you are in air (A380). Wow!

@joaoostroski4778 Год назад

0 dollars if you live in the U.S too! we have a lot of technology, it's just that we need to make it more available to the general population, that is a whole other problem.

@robinharwood5044 Год назад

It was a well-thought out hazmat suit.

@welern2liv815 Год назад

At first I thought it was so the Dr. could smoke his cigar while treating his patients, lol!

@brileymoreno4108 Год назад

I’ve always been so into the looks of those mysterious outfits. Maybe I’ll give it a shot for Halloween next year 🤔

@hp1221WTF Год назад

Whatever you think about the plague doctors and their medicine practices... You have to admit that an angry crowman chasing a skeleton to wack it with a stick its pretty funny

@CobaltBob Год назад

Blackened Pus sounds like a great band name.

@Friendship1nmillion Год назад

And their latest hit be " There's no cure for you " . 😏🥁♑️✍️🇦🇺🇳🇴

@micahbush5397 Год назад

It's kind of interesting that much of what we think of as "Dark Age superstition" was actually just people working under the assumptions of Classical authorities like Galen who were thought to be too brilliant to be challenged. (It's also fascinating how many things we associate with the Middle Ages, like these Plague suits and people never bathing, are actually from later periods that we think of as being more "enlightened." Actually, the topic of bathing in the Middle Ages would make an interesting video topic.)

@ksr1581 Год назад

I love this artstyle. Never stop making videos with this style, Ted-Ed!

@chrominox Год назад

Woah. I did not know that. Thank you, TED Ed for the video.

@goosegoose5737 Год назад

Ok but to be honest if a giant crow man came to stand over me while I was severely ill I would automatically assume my time had come

@Priority57 16 дней назад

During Halloween I had seen this one individual walking around in this type of outfit along with the stick they used back then.. It was really creepy to see this.

@cespu_iv4519 Год назад

From what I remember, they wore them with perfumes at the end of the beaks because they thought the plague was transmitted by air, and that was supposed to stop it.

@Blue-gp3vn Год назад

Strong-smelling herbs

@CBiscuit221B Год назад

If I can't smell it it's not there lol

@cespu_iv4519 Год назад

@@Blue-gp3vn Guess my memory was contaminated by miasma

@rickseiden1 Год назад

That's the miasma that they were talking about (the bad air that transmitted the plague).

@Yusso Год назад

You don't need to remember, just watch the video.

@HayTatsuko Год назад

Today I, a player of Final Fantasy XIV, finally learned what the heck a pomander actually is -- along with a whole lot of other stuff! Thanks, TED-Ed!

@tophatteddd Год назад

@@kuromika_ they were just thanking the channel, no need to be like that

@Junniebug Год назад

@@kuromika_ your life must be very sad if your pastimes include insulting others' passions and hobbies haha

@HayTatsuko Год назад

@@kuromika_ I do believe you have leapt to an entirely unfounded conclusion here. My userpic doesn't reference FFXIV at all, for example. Was just appreciating finding the basis for one of the many things in the game that are based on real-world lore and history.

@vampoftrance Год назад

You can make your own from an orange and a bag of cloves. Dry it out and the scent is beautiful. We made one at school, as in old days people had odor and carried them like perfume. Good luck.

@elle7503 Год назад

It was just fvckin wild, remembering one day being so empty and obviously life changing everywhere, but then you snap out of it and all of a sudden everyone and everythings back to normal

@Chino239_ Год назад

Very interesting. Always wondered about that mask and it’s origins

@Nagatem Год назад

Doctor Bird is always so cool looking

@psykolikwid Год назад

Thanks to all doctors, esp the plague doctors and their stylish gear!!

@WeCodeCurious 7 месяцев назад

Just the shape of those masks like a vampire bird was one of my many nightmares when I was a kid, when I saw it on a picture book.

@shainalite Год назад

Woaa I'm reading a book with plague doctor in it and wondered why they put beak on their costumes, then you uploaded this video. Thank you!!

@MyBelch 23 дня назад

The politicization of medicine over the past few years will be a cloud hanging over an erstwhile respectable profession for many decades.

@andrewhall7930 Год назад

One day, Ted-Ed will do a 5 minute piece on the time (Aug/07/1994) it rained white ooze in Oakville Washington. The ooze fell for about 3 days covering a few square miles and made people extremely sick. To this day there are conflicting theories as to what caused the rain, from Naval experiments to exploding jellyfish. Unsolved Mysteries with Robert Stack did a piece about that's worth checking out. It happened so long ago, I'm sure there have been developments...

@TheWanderstar Год назад

This is the first time in history that I already knew the answer to TED-Ed's question.

@Alfie_chat Год назад

Thank you for making this, I've been busy at the moment with writing a essay about plague doctor's, and this helped me alot, thanks 👍

@stevelast Год назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-j0G4cVODylA.html

@V0calSweet3 9 месяцев назад

“It’s now unlikely that another massive outbreak will occur” COVID: Am I a joke to you?

@samthomas6786 9 месяцев назад

Yes

@republicofdegenerocita8704 Месяц назад

It said plague outbreak

@erickuykendall8755 20 дней назад

Yes it was

@bongocat6902 Год назад

im currently doing history for GCSE and this is now my go-to revision source when it comes to medicine in the medieval era! Thanks TED ED xoxox

@lemonicowo Год назад

hey! plague doctors were early modern era, not quite medieval!! unless you mean the ted ed channel in general or something else, then ignore me :) good luck on your gcse’s!!! u got this

@lucascasagrandepassonilope9473 Год назад

This video is amazing, i loved that. Keep doing this. It's incredible

@MaftunaIsmonjonova-pq7lt 5 дней назад

This channel's videos so clear. I love it 😉

@Wolf_Blob Год назад

I knew this thing, but it's always a good thing seeing your interesting videos for more information, thank you!

@ireneyoung4468 Год назад

As someone who recently watched the Great Plague doco and currently into SCP-049 and other SCPs, 3rd time found a TED video related to what happened around me in a few weeks. 😯

@Kenneth.Neil0513 Год назад

Thank you TED ED for bringing somehow a tribute for medical frontliner, like me. ❤

@hitman007 Год назад

Thanks to all health providers 🌹

@Neptune_16 Год назад

I already know why but their videos are literally so good

@paradise89 Год назад

When I first saw plague doctors, I thought they were horror movie characters 😅😅

@lhamaseveramenteirritada9760 Год назад

2:11 *vaal hazak theme starts playing*

@haybail7618 Год назад

ive questioned this for ages and never bothered to look it up. thank you algorithm!

@l.n.3372 Год назад

I always think of Plague Knight when I see these masks xD Enjoyed the video! Great animation, as always.

@milliefleur Год назад

Well yeah, there’s a reason he’s called Plague Night!

@ThePinguPenguin Год назад

Ted Ed has the answers to everything ❤

@smhdpt12 Год назад

Or you know, Wikipedia. Better yet, heard of a library??

@halicusnguyen8864 Год назад

@@smhdpt12 some people enjoy a visual complement to their education

@abstract5249 Год назад

But can they see why kids love cinnamon toast crunch?

@valerieryu1923 Год назад

Oh my God thank you so much I’ve always wondered why they used those

@iamgreatalwaysgreat8209 Год назад

They looked absolutely beautiful

@lowenzahn3976 Год назад

Probably also helped against the stench.

@cameraamnhac Год назад

hello friends

@GKP999 Год назад

Thank you to all who work earnestly in ensuring the good health of the citizenry.

@joaogarcia1177 Год назад

Despite the macabre origin of the outfit, it is quite cool in appearance, my next dnd character will be wearing it.

@NOOBCRASTINATOR69 Год назад

Our generation gives more importance to cool things rather than important or useful ones!!!

@adamnedrose1285 Год назад

True but that's just the law of numbers. Not everybody can focus on the important ones.

@NOOBCRASTINATOR69 Год назад

@@adamnedrose1285 why not?

@SpartanZotack 2 месяца назад

Sad but true.

@caitlinhinch4549 Год назад

I hope they still do this costume

@1anibanana2 Год назад

This is amazing keep up the good work. Ive subed to you for 4 years and i love ur vids plsss make more vidss ☺️☺️☺️😍

@robarksey2070 21 день назад

Thank you, this is one of those things i always wondered about but always forget to look up why.

@Holmani Год назад

I always thought that these masks was related to cults

@itskylayuh-9494 Год назад

Kinda me to

@AdamSmith-gs2dv Год назад

They are

@respect-really Год назад

Very interesting video 👍thanks for sharing my friend 🙏😇👍

@whitearabianhorses 3 месяца назад

Your sound effects for the fleas sound adorable 😍!!

@RichardHannay Год назад

It’s become so iconic...

@aishana6626 Год назад

now i understand why that exorbitant beak was needed😂 . Really useful though

@MixtureWasTaken Год назад

Now I don’t want to sleep. They actually look terrifying.

@gailaltschwager7377 Год назад

Thank you!

@janellafernandez6476 Год назад

Rest In Peace.

@cabbage_cat Год назад

wrong, they were bird people

@wingspantt Год назад

Thank you Assassins Creed Brotherhood for placing this costume in the correct time and place.

@alexlea3161 Месяц назад

Thank you for telling me this I’ve been studying on the old doctors and the plague I know who to watch now

@diontaedaughtry974 2 месяца назад

This is the first video I've seen of someone explaining what the beak was for.

@lauradecesare6226 Год назад

Their duck-face masks were even weirder-looking than ours. :)

@ahmedhazem7553 Год назад

they had weird brains in the old days

@j.d.4697 20 дней назад

An awesome and inspiring creation.

@VenularSilver Год назад

so interesting and love the animation

@wingmantalks Год назад

I love you guys!

@Novabloxfruits Год назад

love u guys

@melanie.notmel 11 месяцев назад

Thank you. This was interesting.

@syedfaizan1205 Год назад

Every TedEd video is basically shower thoughts but thoroughly explained

@vladimusredikson3032 Год назад

epic video but these were also used in England, not much but there's documentation of one or two plague doctors in the French apparel, great video and thanks for the kind words about doctors

@alicedimitro Год назад

I've learned more from Ted-Ed than school

@Free_Based_ Год назад

then either; • the public schooling systems are broken •your teachers aren't doing their jobs well • answers A & B •or you're not doing it right, do your homework and clean your room, treat you parents right, you have good times for all and great honor will be restored to family sempi

@ivanangeli Год назад

great video, with good point

@nerdlingeeksly5192 Год назад

I mean I can personally say that draining sites of infection of moisture and bacteria, as well as immediately sterilize the site and applying sterile bandages after helps me to heal faster.