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. 1920 Jan;10(1):34–42. doi: 10.2105/ajph.10.1.34

AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE EFFICACY OF GAUZE FACE MASKS

W H Kellogg, Grace MacMillan
PMCID: PMC1362677  PMID: 18010229

Abstract

Masks have not been proved efficient enough to warrant compulsory application for the checking of epidemics, according to Dr. Kellogg, who has conducted a painstaking investigation with gauzes. This investigation is scientific in character, omitting no one of the necessary factors. It ought to settle the much argued question of masks for the public.

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