JinYi "turn followed the old" : "at this time, he told me my mask up, covered her nose, lest you fly into nostrils."
China is the first using a mask in the world. In ancient times, the people in the court manner in order to prevent dust and pollution and started to cover nose and mouth with silk scarves, such as "li shu:" yan mouth, could touch people." And "mencius · from Lou", "west Mongolia impurity, people all hold." . By hand or sleeve over your nose is very unsanitary, also not convenient to do other things, then someone will come with a silk cloth cover mouth and nose. Marco Polo in his book "Marco Polo travel notes", and describes his life in the seventeen years experiences in China. One: "in the yuan dynasty palace, people offer food, all with silk cloth cover nose and mouth, give its breath, don't touch the food." Such cover nose and mouth of silk cloth, that is, the original masks.
13 century, mask only appeared in court. The waiter to prevent breath to the emperor's food USES a silk and gold thread into cloth make it masks
The end of the 19th century, masks start application in the medical field. Brad, German pathologist, began to suggest that health care workers use the gauze mask to prevent bacterial infection
The beginning of the 20th century, mask for the first time a life style of the masses. The global Spanish flu killed about 50 million people, ordinary people were asked to use masks against the virus.
In mid and late 20th century, the wholesale use of masks often obvious. In the history of all previous pandemic masks in the aspect of prevention and to prevent the spread of germs several degrees play an important role.
A train of Spanish flu period in Seattle
A train of Spanish flu period in Seattle
In 1897, Germany introduced a person have to has a with gauze bag mouth and nose to prevent bacteria enter method. Later, someone did a six layer gauze masks and the seam on the collar. Takes a turn it over to cover your mouth and nose. However, this masks have been hold by your hand, very convenient. Then someone came up with the strapping on the ear, which became a today people often use the masks.
Harbin outbreak of plague in 1910, the then beiyang army medical school vice superintendent wu lien-teh doctor invented the "wu type mask".
In 2003, the use of masks and popularize reached a new climax, a "SARS" the mask once almost out of stock, every large pharmacy door stood in long lines, people rushed to snap up masks.
In 2009, after 2004 years of "bird flu", "swine flu" army make masks again around the world each big news media of the camera.
2013 air PM2.5 hazard the emergence of the concept, cause the public attention to the problem of air pollution, make masks and other protective equipment was popular during the haze weather.