The so-called beak doctors are just a group of medical workers wearing beak masks. In the eyes of modern people, the doctor is angels in white who saves lives, but why did the doctor become a terrible messenger of death in the eyes of European medieval people? This is related to the Black Death that broke out in Europe in the14th century.
The Black Death is highly contagious, and doctors who treat patients are at the greatest risk of infection. Therefore, in order to protect the safety of doctors, someone has developed a bird's beak that looks very similar. Gas masks, distributed to doctors to wear.
This beak mask is stuffed with cotton, spices and herbs. The people who invented this mask thought that doctors could isolate infection by filtering air, but this gas mask is actually unscientific.
The Black Death is not only contagious, but also deadly. At that time, the medical profession was helpless about this infectious disease. The only thing we can do is to isolate pathogens and prevent people who are not sick from being infected, while those who have been infected can only resign themselves to fate. It is also for this reason that Dr. Bird's Mouth became the Messenger of Death.
Doctors in medieval Europe could do nothing about this great plague. All they can do is go to the patient's home to confirm whether he has the Black Death, and then see why he is infected. If necessary, they will guide the patients to treat themselves, and the rest depends on the patients' self-healing ability. Most beak doctors wear beak masks. In order to prevent contact with patients, they will wear hats, coats made of waterproof cloth and long sticks in their hands. They look like death, which is a bit scary.