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Hazmat suit
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A hazmat suit is a piece of personal protective equipment that consists of an impermeable whole-body or one piece garment worn as protection against hazardous materials.
Decontamination personnel wearing hazmat suits during a mock nuclear attack in 2009.
Decontamination personnel wearing hazmat suits during a mock nuclear attack in 2009.
A radiographer wearing an early hazmat suit in 1918 during World War I.
A radiographer wearing an early hazmat suit in 1918 during World War I.
Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department officers wearing hazmat suits.
Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department officers wearing hazmat suits.
United States Air Force firefighters wearing hazmat suits with an outer aluminized shell during an emergency management exercise.
United States Air Force firefighters wearing hazmat suits with an outer aluminized shell during an emergency management exercise.
Plague doctor costume
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The clothing worn by plague doctors was intended to protect them from airborne diseases during outbreaks of bubonic plague in Europe. It is often seen as a symbol of death and disease. Contrary to pop
Hazmat suit
…primitive form of the hazmat suit arose during bubonic plague epidemics, when European plague doctors of the 16th and 17th centuries wore distinctive costumes consisting of bird-like beak masks and large overcoats while treating victims of the bubonic plague. At the time, it was thought that the inhalation…
Plague doctor outfit from Germany (17th century) [citation needed]
Plague doctor outfit from Germany (17th century) [citation needed]
One of the only two known surviving plague masks; dated to between 1650 and 1750; held by the German Historical Museum, Berlin
One of the only two known surviving plague masks; dated to between 1650 and 1750; held by the German Historical Museum, Berlin
A beaked Venetian carnival mask bearing a picture of a plague doctor, and the inscription Il Medico della Peste ('The Plague Doctor') beneath the righ
A beaked Venetian carnival mask bearing a picture of a plague doctor, and the inscription Il Medico della Peste ('The Plague Doctor') beneath the right eye
Posing with variations on plague masks in New Orleans during the April 2020 pandemic shutdown
Posing with variations on plague masks in New Orleans during the April 2020 pandemic shutdown