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Dr. Wu Lien-teh invented the surgical face mask that is believed to be the ___(1)__________of the N95 mask. It all dates back to 1910 ___(2)___________ an unknown epidemic hit the north-eastern part of China. Wu ___(3)__________ to investigate the disease ___(4)__________he believed could ___(5)__________from human to human through respiratory transmission. Wu ___(6)__________ the idea of creating a special surgical mask with cotton and gauze. He also ___(7)__________the government establish quarantine areas and restrict travelling. His efforts contributed significantly ___(8)__________ the end of the pandemic after four months. In 1935, he was the first Malaysian ___(9)__________ for the Nobel Prize ___(10)__________ Physiology or Medicine.