This amazing traditional performance showing the Buddha of Compassion, Kwan Yin, in her thousand arm form. Depicting this Buddha as having a thousand arms is meant to demonstrate a vast ability to help the suffering world.
This image shows the protective suit worn by the plague doctors. It consisted of a heavy overcoat made from fabric which was also waxed, a creepy mask with glass eye openings and a nose which was shaped like a beak to hold straw and scented substances.