eBay Auction of the Day: Steampunk artist Bob Basset’s one-of-a-kind Doctor Plague Gas Mask.

The story goes that during the Plague, physicians — who were, in most cases, no more knowledgeable about curing sickness than witch doctors — would adorn this frightening mask to scare away spirits thought to be the source of the disease.

I’m pretty sure I would will myself to health just to avoid ever having to visit a plague-era doctor.

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This was posted on Sunday, March 29th, 2009 at 8:29 pm