Plague doctors, or at least images of plague doctors, are having a bit of a cultural moment again, roughly 300 years after their actual heyday. They’ve become popular motifs for stickers, pins ...

During the 17th-century European plague, physicians wore beaked masks, leather gloves, and long coats in an attempt to fend off the disease. Their iconic and ominous look, as depicted in this 1656 ...

The doctors accessorized this look with a wooden stick that allowed them to make as little physical ... That’s a representation of the spectacles the actual plague doctors had on their ...

A look at Fortnite's next-gen update.Watch on YouTube. Ever since, the plague doctors have not been brought back on sale - a seemingly deliberate move by developer Epic Games, although one it has ...