SCP-049 is a humanoid entity, roughly 1.9 meters in height, which bears the appearance of a plague doctor. SCP-049 will become hostile at individuals it sees as being affected by the Pestilence. SCP-049 will generally attempt to kill any such individual. SCP-049 is capable of causing all biological functions of an organism to cease through direct skin contact, though will usually seek to then perform a crude surgery on the corpse. These surgeries often result in the creation of of SCP-049-2.