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History, Science and Politics: Influenza in America 1918-1976.

September 5, 2010
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The Influenza Pandemic of 1918 (Robbie Readers)

August 19, 2010

In 1918, the deadliest virus in human history struck worldwide with hardly any warning. A victim of the Spanish flu could wake up healthy and fall down dead the same day. In the United States, so many people fell ill that schools and churches closed. There weren t enough healthy doctors and nurses to care [...]

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History, Science and Politics: Influenza in America, 1918-1976

July 26, 2010
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Britain and the 1918-19 Influenza Pandemic: A Dark Epilogue

July 11, 2010

Between August 1918 and March 1919 a flu pandemic spread across the globe and in just under a year 40 million people had died from the virus worldwide. This is the first book to provide a total history and seriously analyze the British experiences during that time.The book provides the most up-to-date tally of the [...]

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Influenza 1918: Disease, Death, and Struggle in Winnipeg

June 18, 2010

The influenza pandemic of 1918?1919 killed as many as fifty million people worldwide and affected the vast majority of Canadians. Yet the pandemic, which came and left in one season, never to recur in any significant way, has remained difficult to interpret. What did it mean to live through and beyond this brief, terrible episode, [...]

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Herbs & Influenza: How Herbs Used in the 1918 Flu Pandemic Can

June 15, 2010

The threat of an imminent influenza pandemic has society frantically searching for preventatives and treatments. The 1918 pandemic, the most lethal in history, is being carefully studied for clues on how to handle the next pandemic. At present, our ability to cope with a fast-moving, highly infectious form of influenza is very limited. This book [...]

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Flu : The Story Of The Great Influenza Pandemic

June 14, 2010

A scientific history of the Great Flu Epidemic of 1918, which killed at least 40 million people. The author details the science and latest understanding of flu, examines the chances of a great epidemic recurring and explores what can be done to prevent it.

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The Great Influenza: The story of the deadliest pandemic in

June 12, 2010

At the height of WWI, history’s most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, then exploded, killing as many as 100 million people worldwide. It killed more people in twenty-four months than AIDS killed in twenty-four years, more in a year than the Black Death killed in [...]

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