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I cannot be sure but I believe among the first civilian gas masks was the French 'Tampon T' which consisted of a chemical-inpregnated pouch attached to the face by a strap. A separate pair of goggles was usually issued to protect the eyes of the wearer.
Personally I would speculate that this mask was hastily designed and distributed during WW1 when it became apparent that gas was being used as a weapon, as it doesn't offer great protection but of course is better than a face full of chlorine or mustard gas!
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∙ 14y agovarious masks were used during the black death plague. (they were those long nose helmets with herbs in the nose piece) and they didnt work great. WWI saw the most advanced masks for the time and was a result of chemical and gas attacks (mustard gas).
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∙ 13y agoCluny Macpherson, MD (1879 in St. John's, Newfoundland -- 1966) was a medical doctor and the inventor of the gas mask.
During the First World War the German army used poison gas for the first time, against Allied troops at Ypres, France in 1915. A soldier's only protection was to breathe through a handkerchief or other small piece of fabric soaked in urine.
Out of necessity, Doctor Cluny Macpherson quickly came up with the idea of a gas mask made of fabric and metal. Using a helmet taken from a captured German prisoner, he added a canvas hood with eyepieces and a breathing tube. The helmet was treated with chemicals that would absorb the chlorine used in the gas attacks. He had invented the world's first gas mask. After a few improvements, Cluny Macpherson's helmet became the first gas mask to be used by the British army.
This Newfoundlander's invention was the most important protective device of the First World War, protecting countless soldiers from blindness, disfigurement or injury to their throats and lungs. Gas masks are worn by millions of soldiers around the world today.
Macpherson received his medical education from Methodist College and McGill University. MacPherson started the first St. John Ambulance Brigade in Newfoundland after working with the St. John Ambulance Association.
Macpherson served as the principal medical officer for the St. John Ambulance Brigade of the first Newfoundland Regiment during World War I. MacPherson began researching methods of protection against the poison gas and invented the MacPherson respirator (gas mask) in 1915, which was the first general issue gas countermeasure to be used by the British Army.
After suffering a war injury, Macpherson returned to Newfoundland to serve as the director of the military medical service and later served as the president of the St. John's Clinical Society and the Newfoundland Medical Association. Macpherson was awarded many honours for his contributions to medical science.
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∙ 11y agoThe first gas mask was invented by Garrett Morgan. He invented the gas mask on July 25th, 1916. He actually used it the first time to rescue men that were trapped in an underground tunnel explosion.
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∙ 9y agoThe inventor of the gas mask was Garrett Morgan after he saw fire fighters struggling with flames. He was an inventor and a community leader.
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∙ 13y agoEdward Frank Harrison, in 1915, is generally credited with inventing the gas mask.
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∙ 9y agoThe first gas mask invented was by Lewis P. Haslett in 1847. Garrett Morgan invented the "Safety Hood and Smoke Protector" in 1912 and had it patented in 1914.
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∙ 13y agoGarret Morgan
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