Hump Day History
Today's Google Doodle marks the 142nd birthday of Dr. Wu Lien-teh, a Chinese-Malaysian epidemiologist who invented the surgical face mask.
He was appointed to investigate the Manchurian Plague of 1910, and when he found that it was spread through respiratory transmission, he developed the protection we are still using today.
In asking people to wear this new mask and restrict their travel, the disease was under control within four months.
And here we are, entering the second year of Coronavirus...
In 1935, he became the first Malaysian, and first person of Chinese descent, to be nominated for the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
"A devoted advocate and practitioner of medical advancement, Wu's efforts not only changed public health in China but that of the entire world."
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