02351cam a22003133u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000490011324500850016226400510024730000470029833600260034533700260037133800360039750000310043350801870046452012310065153400450188265300140192765300340194185600430197599900190201860822UtSlPG20260610134413.0mcr n260607r2019||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aRC1 aUniversity of Pittsburgh. School of Medicine10aStudies on Epidemic Influenza: Comprising Clinical and Laboratory Investigations 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2019  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2019-12-01  aProduced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed
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Internet Archive)  a"Studies on Epidemic Influenza: Comprising Clinical and Laboratory Investigations" by members of the faculty of the School of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. This work centers on the clinical and laboratory studies conducted during the influenza pandemic of 1918-1919, examining various aspects of the disease, including its history, epidemiology, clinical manifestations, treatment, and prevention strategies.  The opening of the document provides historical context around the 1918 influenza epidemic, detailing how it spread through Pittsburgh, particularly among military camps and educational institutions. It outlines the responses of medical professionals and hospitals, including the setup of makeshift emergency facilities to accommodate the influx of patients. The introduction emphasizes the chaos and urgency of the situation, the high incidence of infection, and the mortality rates observed during this period. Moreover, it sets the stage for future detailed discussions by establishing the groundwork of investigations carried out by the university's medical staff in response to the outbreak. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aInfluenza  aInfluenza Epidemic, 1918-191940uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60822  c101648d101648