Google Doodle celebrates pioneering surgical mask inventor's 142nd birthday. The N95 mask we wear today is a descendant of Dr. Wu’s design. The outbreak, known as the Great Manchurian plague, took the lives of some 60,000 people in less than a year. Dr Wu is widely credited for developing an effective surgical face covering, which is believed to be a descendant of current masks used today - more than a 100 years on. The Chinese Imperial Court brought in a doctor named Lien-teh Wu to head its efforts. Dr Wu Lien-teh, is a Chinese-Malaysian epidemiologist who created a surgical face-covering widely believed to be the forerunner of today’s N95 mask. Who is Dr Wu Lien-teh? Breaking News. Dr. Wu Lien-teh. Dr Wu Lien-teh is credited with inventing the precursor to the N95 face masks which are still used today. He was born in Penang and studied medicine at Cambridge. He was known worldwide as the “Plague Fighter” … The N95 … Google honors Chinese-Malaysian epidemiologist Dr. Wu Lien-teh. Malaysian Dr Lien-teh was the first student of Chinese descent to study at Cambridge University and created the mask that was the prototype for the modern N95 mask Today, Google has dedicated its Malaysian homepage to the late Malaysian-Chinese epidemiologist Dr Wu Lien-Teh on his 142nd birthday. Google says today’s Doodle celebrates the 142nd birthday of Chinese-Malaysian epidemiologist Dr. Wu Lien-teh, who invented a surgical face covering that is widely considered the precursor to the N95 mask. Who was Dr Wu Lien-teh? To celebrate this achievement, we celebrate the doctor’s 142nd birthday. It was created in the 1970s, by the American Bureau of Mines and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Wednesday 10, March 2021. Sidebar; Born to Chinese immigrant parents in Penang in 1879, Dr Wu was known for inventing the surgical face mask widely believed to be the precursor of today’s N95 mask. Dr. Wu Lien-teh's great-granddaughter, Dr. Shan Woo Liu, is an attending physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and an associate professor … Dr Wu Lien Teh was born in Penang in March 1879, educated at Penang Free School and Cambridge University and is well known as the first Malayan to be nominated for the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1935. Dr. Wu Lien-Teh was a Malaysian doctor who is credited with making the first modern respiratory mask. The mask protected wearers against the Manchurian plague of 1910. Dr Wu Lien-teh is credited with inventing the precursor to the N95 face masks which are still used today. Image via U.S. Library of Congress.