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The Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918

The Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918

by Oscar Jewell Harvey

EARLY in September, 1918, the United States was invaded by a scourge of highly infectious and fatal disease, which spread with rapidity throughout the country. It was pandemic in its nature, and partook of many of the characteristics of influenza, grip and pneumonia. No one seemed to know much about the disease or its treatment, and medical science..