Plague Doctor Crossword

Across

3 Stuffed with herbs and perfume (4)

4 Made from thick material and covered with wax (4)

7 These were used to bleed the victim (7)

8 Worn to protect the doctor's hands (6)

10 Used to cure by emptying the bowels (9)

11 Plague victims were coated with this and placed in an oven (7)

Down

1 Smoking this was thought to prevent the plague (7)

2 Worn to show he was a doctor (7,3)

5 Carried by the doctor to drive people away if they came too close (6,5)

6 Worn to protect the doctor's face (4)

8 Enabled the plague doctor to see (5,3)

9 People carried this to ward off the plague (5)

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