Assess yourself In England in the mid-1300s doctors -------------wearing protective suits.

These suits had a long coat -----------all the way to the ground with a birdlike mask.

They thought these suits -----------them safe from a sickness called the plague.

Doctors didn't have to use their hands to touch the patient, because they always ---------------a cane to their patients’ houses.

In the 1940s, people ---------------a new protective suit.

It was made from the rubber fabric which gave people good protection and it ----------------the whole body.

The suit ----------a special machine to help them breathe.