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Penangite doctor who invented precursor to N95 face mask honoured in Google Doodle

To celebrate his achievements, Google dedicated its Doodle to Dr Wu on the doctor s 142nd birthday. Photo credit: Courtesy of Dr Shan Woo Liu and Ling Woo Liu Dr Wu (pic), who is a Penangite, went on to become the first student of Chinese descent to earn his MD from Cambridge University, according to Google in its tribute. Following his doctoral studies, he accepted a position as the vice-director for China s Imperial Army Medical College in 1908. When an unknown epidemic afflicted north-western China in 1920, the Chinese government appointed Dr Wu to investigate the disease, which he identified as the highly contagious pneumonic plague that spread from human to human through respiratory transmission, said Google.

Dr Wu Lien-teh: Today s Google Doodle honours the creator of the surgical mask

Dr Wu Lien-teh: Why the surgical face mask pioneer is celebrated with a Google Doodle today

Dr Wu Lien-teh: Why a surgical face mask pioneer is being celebrated in today’s Google Doodle The i 10/03/2021 Alex Finnis © Provided by The i The Google Doodle celebrating Dr Wu Lien-teh (Photo: Google) Today’s Google Doodle is celebrating what would have been the 142nd birthday of Chinese-Malaysian epidemiologist Dr Wu Lien-teh. After an unknown epidemic hit north-west China in 1910, it was Dr Wu who identified it as a pneumonic plague, and invented a new type of surgical face mask to reduce transmission. His masks were made of several layers of cotton and gauze, to filter inhalations, and are widely considered the precursor to the N95 mask, which have been used widely during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Dr Wu Lien-teh: Why the surgical face mask pioneer is being celebrated with a Google Doodle today

Dr Wu Lien-teh: Why a surgical face mask pioneer is being celebrated in today’s Google Doodle The i 10/03/2021 Alex Finnis © Provided by The i The Google Doodle celebrating Dr Wu Lien-teh (Photo: Google) Today’s Google Doodle is celebrating what would have been the 142nd birthday of Chinese-Malaysian epidemiologist Dr Wu Lien-teh. After an unknown epidemic hit north-west China in 1910, it was Dr Wu who identified it as a pneumonic plague, and invented a new type of surgical face mask to reduce transmission. His masks were made of several layers of cotton and gauze, to filter inhalations, and are widely considered the precursor to the N95 mask, which have been used widely during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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