Elizalde GJJ

Language: English
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Page: 96-98
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ABSTRACT

Just three days before Austria accepted the conditions for the armistice and a full military German withdrawal from the Scheldt to the Aisne rivers to end World War I took effect, a Mexican newspaper dated Sunday November 3rd 1918, within different important published news reflecting the great havoc that influenza caused with entire towns that had fallen to the weight of the epidemic, the inhabitants that were saved being counted, while in the capital city with the exception of the poor neighborhoods it was still benign and in full growth, published the photograph of the Japanese doctor Takabatake with a mask of his invention, with the legend that this represented the best way to prevent the Spanish influenza.
Since then, different protective devices have been used by health professionals to protect themselves from the spread of different infectious diseases, especially the respiratory ones. Respiratory protection devices are used to protect the wearers from inhaling particles suspended in the air. Filtering face piece respirators are usually tested utilizing nonbiologic particles, whereas their use often aims at reducing exposure to biologic aerosols, including infectious agents such as viruses and bacteria.