tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post5235785229817747050..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: A Trip to Eyam: The Plague Village by Fay Bound Alberti Mary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-27850034466837844452017-06-15T13:51:56.906+01:002017-06-15T13:51:56.906+01:00The mask had a curved beak, shaped like that of a ...<i>The mask had a curved beak, shaped like that of a bird. Straps held the beak in place and the beak held dried flowers, including roses and carnations, herbs and camphor or vinegar. These contents were to keep away bad smells, which were believed to be the cause of plague in the seventeenth century (the theory of miasma being that bad smells were bad 'air' which was the cause of disease).</i><br /><br />I suspect the curved beak would have prolonged the journey for any Yersinia pestis and therefore assured that less of them arrived into the doctor.<br /><br />Wrong theory, right result!Hans Georg Lundahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01055583255516264955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-37801563740898910502017-06-15T11:40:09.352+01:002017-06-15T11:40:09.352+01:00So interesting! When I went to the museum there, I...So interesting! When I went to the museum there, I was fascinated to read that some descendants of these villagers are involved in helping AIDS research because of the immunity of their ancestors to the plague xxxxHelen Larderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04142352920127597468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-34966177852035702412017-06-15T08:51:30.818+01:002017-06-15T08:51:30.818+01:00It's a lovely area, isn't it? I'm from...It's a lovely area, isn't it? I'm from Derbyshire myself, but from the not-so-lovely southern part. Such a sad story.Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.com