Beethoven's death mask and a short history of face masks.

Wien Med Wochenschr

Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Klinik Favoriten & Klinik Landstraße, Vienna, Austria.

Published: November 2021

The year 2020 was also about the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth. On this occasion, his rarely discussed life and death masks should be presented. In addition, a short historical outline is given of the history of face masks in general, which now accompanies us in everyday life in the form of the face-nose mask due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8381131PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10354-021-00875-1DOI Listing

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