-About this book

Influenza should scare you.
Read Into this detailed and chilling account of the Influenza outbreak of 1918. A terrifying virus that stretched across the globe. Even now, a century after the great flu of 1918, which left an estimated 50 to 100 million people dead worldwide, there’s still no cure.
This book examines influenza from all sorts of angles—history, diagnosis and treatment, economics and epidemiology‚ health-care policy, and prevention. It gives insights on pandemics and provides the needed knowledge to evaluate the truthfulness of the proliferating, often contradicting information about the present pandemic.
While influenza is now often thought of as a common but mild disease, it still kills more than thirty thousand people in the United States each year. What can we learn from the original 1918 virus that will protect us from the next outbreak?

-CONTENTS
Preface
Introduction
Brief History of Influenza
The 1918 Epidemic
Incubation Time and Duration
Different Forms of Influenza
Diagnosing Influenzal Pneumonia
Risk of Pregnancy
Mortality of Influenza
Urine and Blood Tests
Treating Influenza
Pneumonia
Prevention of Influenza
Vaccination Against Influenza
Influenza Preventive Measures
Quarantine to Stop the Spread
Use of the Face Mask
General Closing Orders
Anti-Spitting Ordinances
Public Health Administration
Discussion of Epidemic Influenza
The Hemophilic bacteria
Invasion of the Blood Stream
Wave of Influenza
Observations of Eighteen Cases of Influenza
Afterword
Author’s Note

– Caractéristiques

Date de parution :16 novembre 2020

Éditeur : Storyteller Books  

Langue : Anglais

Nb.de pages : 134 pages

ISBN-10 : 1393963897

ISBN-13 : 978-1393963899

Poids: 154 g

Dimensions : 12.7 x 0.79 x 20.29 cm