WWI
WWI and Biological Warfare: The
Influenza Epidemic
Often
forgotten are the lessons learned from the last bio-attack on the United States
during wartime.......the great influenza epidemic of 1918 which claimed 800,000
Americans. Below are links of interest which tell the story of how, while
the soldiers and sailors fought the Germans, the virus attacked America.
Though most certainly in 2001 our foe spread the anthrax (and whatever may
follow), once it is released, the battle is with the bacteria and virus, much
like it was in '18.
Flu:
The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic orf 1918 and ...
... Those who used the term "influenza"
insisted on enclosing it ... the story of the 1918
flu is through facts ... virus's favorite targets? The Navy said
that 40 percent ...
www.booknotes.org/chapter/fc022700.asp - 22k - Cached
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The
American Experience | Influenza 1918 | Boston
... During the last days of August 1918, Navy
physician JJ Keegan, stationed at the ... Little
did Keegan know that the influenza he was seeing was actually ...
www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/influenza/sfeature/boston.html -
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In Bio-war, thank the Lord for
Nurses...our feature, Navy Nurses '18-19
While
the BandofBrothers.com is focused most frequently on the paternal, male issues
of war and violence, we recognize the miracle of the maternal instinct, the
caring of our mothers and sisters. In this war the care of the wounded,
and those sick at home will be as or more important than success on
battlefields an ocean away. We feature here the Navy nurse, and in
particular, her front-line role in the last bio-battle in 1918.
Nurses
and the US Navy, 1917-1919
... the pre-antibiotic era. The global influenza
epidemic of 1918-19 was an especially
great challenge. Thousands of Navy personnel were taken seriously ill,
with ...
www.history.navy.mil/photos/prs-tpic/nurses/nrs-e.htm -
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