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Manchurian plague
Pneumonic plague outbreak in 1910–1911 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Manchurian plague was a pneumonic plague that occurred mainly in Manchuria in 1910–1911. It killed 60,000 people, stimulating a multinational medical response and the wearing of the first personal protective equipment (PPE).
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