Bibliograph

Pandemic 1918, eyewitness accounts from the greatest medical holocaust in modern history, Catharine Arnold

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Pandemic 1918, eyewitness accounts from the greatest medical holocaust in modern history, Catharine Arnold

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-344) and index

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Pandemic 1918

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

1050332674

Responsibility statement

Catharine Arnold

Sub title

eyewitness accounts from the greatest medical holocaust in modern history

Summary

"Before HIV or Ebola, there was the Spanish flu--this narrative history marks the one hundredth anniversary of an epidemic that altered world history"--Dust jacket flap

Table Of Contents

Introduction: An ill wind -- A victim and a survivor -- "Knock me down" fever -- The killer without a name -- The invisible enemy -- One deadly summer -- Know thy enemy -- The fangs of death -- Like fighting with a ghost -- Eye of the storm -- A winding sheet and a wooden box -- The Spanish Lady goes to Washington -- "You can't do anything for flu" -- "Native daughter dies" -- The fatal voyage -- Ship of death -- "Like a thief in the night" -- The dying fall -- Armistice Day -- Black November -- Aftermath -- "Viral archaeology" -- The Hong Kong connection -- Secrets of the grave

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