In GARO: The Animation, there was a Horror spawned from a doctor which had the whole plague doctor getup. He is a torturer rather than a doctor - he has to wear a suit due to a serious allergic reaction to sunlight. In Berserk, one member of Inquisitor Mozgus' Quirky Miniboss Squad wear such a suit. Or a complex blend of whatever else mixed in with the Yersinia pestis that'll keep you up at 03:00. note There's probably some Truth in Television to this: the lax hygiene standards of the period meant that the coats they wore were probably washed infrequently at best (and most certainly weren't sterilized to modern standards), and thus some would literally carry the plague, or any other nasty and opportunistic hitchhiker, with them wherever they went. Another common interpretation of this trope is to make the Plague Doctor spread plague instead of treating it. It is particularly used when the setting has The Black Death or its equivalent featured. Thus, a plague doctor's outfit is a typical go-to creepy costume, the resemblance to both The Grim Reaper and Creepy Crows doing this effect no harm at all. The costume itself was associated with death (where there's plague, commonly known as the black death, there's the beak doctors), which has become deeply ingrained in popular culture. We now know that the miasma theory is false, but the full-body leather costume did a good job protecting doctors from exposure to infection, and the mask blocked airborne infections (especially if the plants contained phytoncides), thus the plague doctor's outfit is essentially a grandfather to our modern mask-and-labcoat medical uniforms even more so to hazmat suits. The explanation behind the beak mask is simple: according to the miasma theory of infection, diseases essentially transfer via the poisonous stench, and the doctors protected themselves from inhaling it by placing various herbs, flowers and other aromatic substances inside the beak. #THE PLAGUE DOCTOR MASK PAYDAY 2 FULL#
Interestingly, the beak mask itself predates the full head-to-toe protective garment, invented in the fourteenth century. And now for the story behind it.Ī plague doctor is a physician specializing on tending to those who suffered from the bubonic plague. Their main job besides treating patients was to record deaths for the public record.An ankle length overcoat, boots, thick gloves, a brim hat and, most importantly, a mask reminiscent of a raven's face, complete with a beak. They were usually associated with bad medical practices. Plague doctors were a real occupation during plague epidemics.Whiskers and Godfather have more opportunities to be revived, meaning more hearts to steal from them. Scar being revived with 1 heart helps Scar carry the most weight by having the least amount of hearts possible. Ace only has 1 heart by default and does not lose it when revived by Plague Doctor. Plague Doctor works well with Ace, Scar, Whiskers, and Godfather. Just because reviving other thieves heals Plague Doctor, doesn't necessarily mean it's always safe to do so. Unorthodox Medicine is only harmful to the thief being revived if the Plague Doctor isn't damaged.Ĭonsider the chances of being zapped while reviving a thief. Their passive ability, Unorthodox Medicine, heals Plague Doctor for 1 heart, but at the cost of 1 less heart for the thief being revived.Īttempt revives only when damaged.
8 seconds Plague Doctor is an Event thief.
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