History of PPE : special reference to beaked masks during the black death and its aftermath

• Main Authors: Puteh Noraihan A Rahman,, Alexander Kam,, Arina Azmi,, Zasra, Radias
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2022
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/18841/1/44451-182506-1-PB.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/18841/; https://ejournal.ukm.my/akademika/issue/view/1464

The background of the research will focus on the cases of the Black Death pandemic in 14th century onwards with particular review on the usage of beaked masks by plague doctors. This peculiar mask can be described as Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at that time to protect the physicians from bei...