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Plague doctors kept fragrances in the nose of their mask, what was the point of this?

by wanted876y

Did it have anything with that evil air belief back then?

Searocksandtrees

Hi, there's room for more information here, but while you're waiting, you may be interested in some earlier answers

/u/VetMichael in How effective were medieval or renaissance doctors, really?
u/reliable_information and /u/HeloisePommefume in How might the historic "beak nose" plague masks have been packed, and was there any empirical data regarding their effectiveness?