Coalville Times | 1903-07-03 | Page 6 | Curious Plague Dress

Curloua Plague Dress. Apropos of Ihe rumors of plngue 01 lent In Houth America, horn Is a curl ous "plague costume" worn hy tho medical men of Venice durlnit ho frequent fre-quent visitations of plague tu that city In the olden times. The hat, mantle, breeches, gauntlota and hoota were mado from morocco leather. The most oitraordluary part of the costume, however, la the beak built Into the mantle, which closely resembles that of a bird. Thla was filled with em- w matlc drugs, over which air passed during respiration, and thla was supposed sup-posed to protect tho wearer from Infection In-fection when visiting his patients.