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A Doughboy's Lungs Yield 1918 Flu Virus
An article from Science News Online describing the exhumation of one of the victims of the pandemic and the retrieval of a virus sample from his tissue.
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Influenza 1918, A Venus Connection?
An American suggestion that some viruses come from outer space led British astronomers to hypothesize that Venus was a likely origin for solar-wind borne liquefying bacterial invasions.
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Bubonic Plague: Far from the Deadliest Epidemic
Compares the severity of historical bubonic plague pandemics to the Spanish Influenza pandemic.
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History of this pandemic, the public health measures taken to limit it, and the efforts of scientists to pinpoint its cause.
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The Pennsylvania Gazette: The Flu of 1918
An account of the outbreak based on contemporary newspaper accounts of its progress through Philadelphia.
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Is Another Influenza Pandemic Coming Soon?
Article from Infectious Disease News describing the investigation of a Spanish influenza sample found in WWI soldier's lungs. [Requires free registration]
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Article about the 1918 Influenza pandemic with a look to geographical origins and social impact.
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Discusses the response of the public and the public health infrastructure in the face of the 1918 Influenza epidemic as it happened.
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Images from the 1918 Influenza Epidemic
Patients, medical personnel, field hospitals, and charts showing the dramatic spread of the 1918 pandemic. From the National Museum of Health & Medicine
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The Medical and Scientific Conceptions of Influenza
The response by doctors and scientists during the pandemic and in the aftermath.
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The American Experience | Influenza 1918
Information on the film from the PBS series. Features include, maps, timelines and people and events relating to this devastating occurrence.
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