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cord-274201-9qsqj91d	Matuschek, Christiane	The history and value of face masks	2020-06-23		.txt	text/plain	1726	130	65	In this review, we describe the history of masks from the middle age to modern times. Mikulicz, who had already been responsible for the introduction of sterile gloves made from cloth, noted concerning the applicability of surgical masks: '…we breathed through it as easily as a lady wearing a veil in the streets… ' Mikulicz' assistant Hübner resumed the topic and described a two-layered mouth protection made of gauze that should prevent driblet spread. Nevertheless, an earlier illustration of a multilayer face mask made of gauze can be found in the surgical operating teachings of the British surgeon B.G.A. Moynihan (1865-1936) (Fig. 2) . Therefore, an unresolved discussion was present between surgery and hospital hygiene, if wound infections could be reduced by the use of surgical mouth and nose protection [29, 30] . Die Verbreitung der Phthise durch staubförmiges Sputum und durch beim Husten verspritzte Tröpfchen Zshr Hyg Infkrkh. Postoperative wound infections and surgical face masks: a controlled study	./cache/cord-274201-9qsqj91d.txt	./txt/cord-274201-9qsqj91d.txt