1918 U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE

"Spanish influenza," "Three-day fever," "The flu".

Public health advice from the U.S. Public Health Service published during the pandemic.

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1920 GREAT BRITAIN. MINISTRY OF HEALTH

Report on the pandemic of influenza 1918-19.

Reports on Public Health and Medical Subjects, No. 4. The most widespread and serious pandemic of influenza occurred in 1918-19. It spread throughout Europe, Russia, Canada, S. America, New Zealand, Australia, Africa,…

GMN 5492 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6441

1920 U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

Special tables of mortality from influenza and pneumonia in Indiana, Kansas, and Philadelphia, Pa., September 1 to December 31, 1918.

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

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1920 U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

Mortality Statistics 1918. Nineteenth Annual Report.

From Causes of Death, p. 27: "Influenza and pneumonia (All forms). "In 1918 the registration area (exclusive of Hawaii) 477,467 deaths wee assigned to influenza and pneumonia (all forms). In the latter part of that ye…

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1921 VAUGHAN, Warren Taylor (1893 – 1944)

Influenza: An epidemiological study. The American Journal of Hygiene. Monographic Series No. 1.

A comprehensive survey written two years after the pandemic, including historical information back to 1893. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

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1921 U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

Mortality statistics 1919. Twentieth annual report.

From "Influenza and pneumonia (All forms)" p. 28: "In the later part of 1918 a pandemic of influenza swept over the country and did not fully spend its force until well into 1919.... "In the registration area (exclusi…

GMN 12069 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14278

1922 ZINSSER, Hans (1878 – 1940)

The etiology and epidemiology of influenza.

Digital facsimile from Harvard Library at this link.

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1923 SEN, Rajendra Kumar

A treatise on influenza, with special reference to the pandemic of 1918.

Sen, company doctor on the Hurmutty Tea Estate in Assam, estimated that the pandemic killed about 15,000,000 people in India.

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1942 BURNET, Sir Frank Macfarlane (1899 – 1985); CLARKE, Ellen

Influenza: A survey of the last fifty years in the light of modern work on the virus of epidemic influenza.

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1989 CROSBY, Alfred W. Jr. (1931 – 2018)

America's forgotten pandemic: The influenza of 1918.

First published as Epidemic and peace 1918, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1976. New edition, 2003.

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1991 PATTERSON, Karl David (1941 – ); PYLE, Gerald F. (1937 – )

The geography and mortality of the 1918 influenza pandemic.

A summary of the international impact of the 1918 pandemic, its movement around the globe, and mortality estimates for various countries.

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1996 PATTERSON, Karl David (1941 – )

Pandemic influenza 1700-1900: A study in historical epidemiology.

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1999 KOLATA, Gina Bari (1948 – )

Flu: The story of the great influenza pandemic of 1918 and the search for the virus that caused it.

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2005 TAUBENBERGER, Jeffery K. (1961 – ); TUMPEY, Terence M.; BASLER, Christopher F.; AGUILAR, Patricia V.; ET AL

Characterization of the reconstructed 1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic virus.

Order of authorship in the original publication: Tumpey, Basler, Aguilar... Taubenberger. Reconstruction of the genome of the 1918 Spanish Influenza virus from frozen tissue samples from a mass grave of victims of the…

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2005 KNOBLER, Stacey L.; MACK, Alison; MAHMOUD, Adel (1941 – 2018); LEMON, Stanley M.

The threat of pandemic influenza: Are we ready? Workshop summary prepared for Forum on Microbial Threats Board on Global Heath. Edited by Stacey L. Knobler, Alison Mack, Adel Mahmoud, Stanley M. Lemon.

Digital edition from http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11150.html.

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2006 KILBOURNE, Edwin Dennis (1920 – 2011)

Influenza pandemics of the 20th century.

Abstract: "Three worldwide (pandemic) outbreaks of influenza occurred in the 20th century: in 1918, 1957, and 1968. The latter 2 were in the era of modern virology and most thoroughly characterized. All 3 have been in…

GMN 11872 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14076

2009 FOLEY, Paul Bernard

Encephalitis lethargica and influenza. 1: The role of the influenza virus in the influenza pandemic of 1918/1919. 2: The influenza pandemic of 1918/19 and encephalitis lethargica: Epidemiology and symptoms. 3: The influenza pandemic of 1918/19 and encephalitis lethargica: Neuropathology and discussion.

Parts 2 and 3 are freely available from PubMedCentral at this link, and at this link.

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2009 BRILLIANT, Lawrence Brent "Larry" (1944 – ); GINSBURG, Jeremy; MOHEBBI, Matthew H.; ET AL

Detecting influenza epidemics using search engine query data.

Abstract "Seasonal influenza epidemics are a major public health concern, causing tens of millions of respiratory illnesses and 250,000 to 500,000 deaths worldwide each year1. In addition to seasonal influenza, a new …

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2015 AKIRA, Hayami (1929 – )

The influenza pandemic in Japan, 1918-1920: The first world war between humankind and a virus. Translation by Lynne E. Riggs and Takechi Manbu.

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2016 MARKEL, Howard (1960 – ); NAVARRO, J. Alexander

Influenza encyclopedia: The American influenza epidemic of 1918 - 1919: A digital encyclopedia. Second edition.

ABOUT "Historians, journalists, and the public at large have long been interested in the 1918 “Spanish flu” epidemic, a dramatic chapter in American life that has spawned an impressive body of books, articles, and mul…

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2017 SPINNEY, Laura

Pale Rider: The Spanish flu of 1918 and how It changed the world.

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2018 CILEK, Laura; CHOWELL, Gerardo; FARIÑAS, Diego Ramiro

Age-specific excess mortality patterns during the 1918–1920 influenza pandemic in Madrid, Spain.

Abstract "Although much progress has been made to uncover age-specific mortality patterns of the 1918 influenza pandemic in populations around the world, more studies in different populations are needed to make sense …

GMN 12103 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14312