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| 100 | 1 | _aHarvey, Oscar Jewell | |
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_aThe Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918 : _bAn Account of Its Ravages in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, and the Efforts Made to Combat and Subdue It |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2021 |
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| 500 | _aRelease date is 2021-03-11 | ||
| 508 | _aE-text prepared by Turgut Dincer, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) | ||
| 520 | _a"The Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918" by Oscar Jewell Harvey is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book chronicles the outbreak and impact of the Spanish influenza pandemic in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, detailing the extensive measures taken by local communities and health authorities to combat the crisis. It likely explores themes of communal resilience, public health challenges, and the socio-economic factors exacerbating the pandemic's effects. The opening of the book sets the stage by describing the devastating arrival of the influenza virus in the United States, highlighting the unpreparedness of medical institutions and public health systems. It recounts the rapid spread of the disease across various states and communities, emphasizing the overwhelming number of cases and the high mortality rates, particularly among wage-earning populations. The text outlines the urgent response from local health authorities, including the closure of public spaces and the formation of emergency hospitals as they struggle to manage the crisis and care for the afflicted, establishing a narrative of both fear and fight against the widespread disaster. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
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| 653 | _aInfluenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 -- Pennsylvania -- Luzerne County | ||
| 653 | _aPublic health -- Pennsylvania -- Luzerne County -- History -- 20th century -- Sources | ||
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