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Masked Hero: How Wu Lien-teh Invented the Mask That Ended an Epidemic
Dr. Shan Woo Liu and Kaili Liu Gormley
Illustrator: Lisa Wee
Ages: 6+
Published: 2023
Publisher: mit Kids Press/Candlewick
ISBN: 978-1-5362-2898-4
Keywords: Biography, STEM, medicine, disease prevention, China
Discrimination under British rule did not stop the dedicated Chinese Malaysian doctor who introduced face masks to combat a 1910 plague, a protocol still recommended today. Realistic artwork. Time line.