After flunking out of farrier school, Dr. Beak decided to try something easier, like medieval medicine. Under the tutelage of Europe's leading dentists, he excelled in blood letting, boar bile enemas, and trepanning. He was kicked out of medical school after developing an addiction to tasting the humors. However, in private practice he has made breakthroughs in the treatment of the black death, favouring the Vicary Method. He is known far and wide for his arsenic and mercury cocktails.