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Timeline of face masks

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| 1899 || || || A French doctor develops a mask made of six layers of gauze and sews it on the collar of a surgical gown. The user only needs to flip the collar up when using it. It would gradually evolve into a form that could be freely tied and hung on the ears with a looped strap, thus giving birth to the modern mask.<ref name="globaltimes.cn"/> || {{w|France}}
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| 1905 || || || "Hamilton proposes that scarlet fever is transmitted through droplet infection. She recommends that masks be worn by nurses handling sterile dressings and by doctors during surgery because of the danger of droplet infection from the mouth and nose."<ref name="History of Surgical Face Masks"/> "In 1905, Chicago physician Alice Hamilton publishes an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association, reporting on experiments measuring the amount of streptococci bacteria expelled when scarlet fever patients cough or cry. She also measures the strep bacteria from healthy doctors and nurses when they talk or cough, leading her to recommend masks during surgery."<ref name="bloomberg.comss">{{cite web |title=Pandemics Come and Go But Medical Masks Are Eternal |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-04-10/medical-face-masks-an-illustrated-history |website=bloomberg.com |accessdate=11 September 2020}}</ref> " Hamilton,10 in 1905, found heavy droplet contamination from surgeons’ mouths and noses during talking"<ref name="Aschenbrenner"/> || {{w|United States}}|| [[File:Alice Hamilton1.jpg|thumb|center|150px|Alice Hamilton in 1893]]
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| 1910 || || || The application of face covers starts becoming common in surgery and the general hospitals.<ref name="Fangerau"/> ||
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