Introduction In early January 1890, Mexico City awaited two anticipated events: the spread of a global influenza epidemic and a […]
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Introduction In early January 1890, Mexico City awaited two anticipated events: the spread of a global influenza epidemic and a […]
In the fall of 1918, seven young people were photographed wearing masks lined up near a railroad track in Mill […]
In May 1940, the Piedmont Sanatorium in Burkeville, Virginia, graduated eight African American nurses with advanced training in tuberculosis care. […]
When the annual Pennsylvania convention of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) began on October 4, 1918, delegates “rejoiced” that […]
Just over one hundred years ago, New York Health Commissioner Royal S. Copeland responded to the threat of “Spanish” influenza […]