1918–1920 global influenza pandemic caused by the H1N1 influenza A virus

A monster representing an influenza virus hitting a man over the head as he sits in his armchair. Pen and ink drawing by E. Noble, c. 1918.

A history of the great influenza pandemics : death, panic and hysteria, 1830-1920 / by Mark Honigsbaum.

Astounding attitude of the Sheffield City Council's Health Committe : startling statistics and deplorable death-rate / by F. Philip Dyson.

96 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits (some colour) ; 27 cm

Black flu 1918 : the story of New Zealand's worst public health disaster / Geoffrey W. Rice.

The Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 : perspectives from the Iberian Peninsula and the Americas / edited by María-Isabel Porras-Gallo and Ryan A. Davis.

x, 263 pages : illustrations, charts, maps, portraits ; 23 cm

Stacking the coffins : influenza, war and revolution in Ireland, 1918-19 / Ida Milne.

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Influenza Pandemic, 1918-1919

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A history of the great influenza pandemics : death, panic and hysteria, 1830-1920 / by Mark Honigsbaum.

Astounding attitude of the Sheffield City Council's Health Committe : startling statistics and deplorable death-rate / by F. Philip Dyson.

Black flu 1918 : the story of New Zealand's worst public health disaster / Geoffrey W. Rice.

The Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 : perspectives from the Iberian Peninsula and the Americas / edited by María-Isabel Porras-Gallo and Ryan A. Davis.

Stacking the coffins : influenza, war and revolution in Ireland, 1918-19 / Ida Milne.

Influenza Pandemic, 1918-1919

Images from the collections

Images about Influenza Pandemic, 1918-1919

Works from the collections

A history of the great influenza pandemics : death, panic and hysteria, 1830-1920 / by Mark Honigsbaum.

Astounding attitude of the Sheffield City Council's Health Committe : startling statistics and deplorable death-rate / by F. Philip Dyson.

Black flu 1918 : the story of New Zealand's worst public health disaster / Geoffrey W. Rice.

The Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 : perspectives from the Iberian Peninsula and the Americas / edited by María-Isabel Porras-Gallo and Ryan A. Davis.

Stacking the coffins : influenza, war and revolution in Ireland, 1918-19 / Ida Milne.

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