  | Masked hero : how Wu Lien-Teh invented the mask that ended an epidemic Author: Liu, Shan Woo | |
| Price: $23.78 | ||
Summary:
Who created the N95 mask? Meet Dr. Wu Lien-teh, defeater of the Manchurian plague--in a story authored by his great-granddaughter, an emergency physician who relied on his life-saving invention during a pandemic a century later.
| Added Entry - Personal Name: | Gormley, Kaili Liu |
| Illustrator: | Wee, Lisa |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (09/15/23)
Booklist (09/01/23)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 09/01/2023 Growing up in Malaya (a British colony) in the late 1800s, Wu Lien-teh excelled in his medical studies at Cambridge and in his later research on disease-causing viruses and bacteria. After he started a family, they moved to China. In 1910, the government asked him to stop a deadly disease that was spreading rapidly in the northeast China city of Harbin. Using a combination of cloth and gauze, he designed a mask similar to those used by European physicians, but more effective. Some doctors in Harbin resisted wearing the masks. “Some taunted him or called him a racist name. But the doctors who didn’t wear masks got sick.” Within four months, the plague ended, and Wu received international acclaim. This smoothly written picture book—written by Wu's great-granddaughter, an American doctor, and inspired by her daughter’s first-grade writing assignment—introduces a heroic researcher whose practical approach to disease prevention saved many lives, notably during the 1918 influenza pandemic. Wee’s pleasing digital art illustrates the story within effective period settings. This picture- book biography showcases a significant, lesser-known East Asian scientist/physician. - Copyright 2023 Booklist.
