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[[File:Plague doctors beak-shaped maskPlague_doctors_beak_shaped_mask.png|thumb|Figure 2. These bird-like masks helped doctors stay away from people during the Black Death. ]]__NOTOC__
While social distancing is a common phrase used in recent periods, the concept is ancient and as mass pandemics have developed in different periods, it has been the most effective and common form of practice. Some history of this practice is given.
In the late 1890s, skirts began to narrow, but hairpins and large hats became popular. These also became symbols to others that they should avoid getting too close to upper-class females, replacing the large hoop dresses of earlier periods. <ref>For more on how fashion was used for social distancing, both for medical and class reasons, see: Ross, R., 2008. <i>Clothing: a global history: or, The Imperialists’ new clothes</i>. Polity, Cambridge, pg. 76.</ref>
==Modern Developments==
