American pandemic : the lost worlds of the 1918 influenza epidemic /

"Between the years 1918 and 1920, influenza raged around the globe in the worst pandemic in recorded history, killing at least fifty million people, more than half a million of them Americans. Yet despite the devastation, this catastrophic event seems but a forgotten moment in our nation's...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bristow, Nancy K., 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Temas:
1900-1999
Influenza > United States > History > 20th century.
Epidemics > United States > History > 20th century.
Grippe > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Épidémies > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
MEDICAL > History.
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
Epidemics
Influenza
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "Influenza has apparently become domesticated with us" : influenza, medicine and the public, 1890-1918
  • "The whole world seems up-side-down" : patients, families and communities confront the epidemic
  • "Let our experience be of value to other communities" : public health experts, the people, and progressivism
  • "The experience was one I shall never forget" : doctors, nurses, and challenges of the epidemic
  • "The terrible and wonderful experience" : forgetting and remembering the aftermath.

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