Despite becoming known as the Spanish flu, the first recorded cases were ... It was here in early March that a feverish soldier reported to the infirmary. Within a few hours more than a hundred ...

The Spanish Flu, as the virus is now known, made its way around the world mindless of human politics, borders and morality, infecting soldiers and civilians, rich and poor alike. Its spread was so ...

Two weeks later, 1,100 soldiers were admitted to a hospital ... The symptoms of the Spanish flu were particularly frightening. Beginning with the ears, the victim's face would begin to turn ...

Blood transfusions were sometimes given to soldiers with burns and skin damage, saving more lives. Spanish Influenza (flu) was first reported in March 1918. It was an illness caught by one in ...

The influenza commonly called "Spanish flu" killed more people than the guns ... About 57,000 American soldiers died from influenza while the U.S. was at war; about 53,500 died in battle.

After the devastation of the first world war came the Spanish flu. It did not actually come ... aided by the movement of hundreds of thousands of soldiers to far-off battlefields.

What can the 1918 Flu epidemic teach us about COVID-19, asks Professor Marc Zimmer. CC Magazine: The Spanish Flu didn’t start in Spain. Why did the Iberian country get stuck with the name? Marc Zimmer ...

soldiers from the front lines began returning home. But they brought with them the most unwelcome souvenir — the Spanish flu. It was so deadly, so virulent, that a person could be well in the ...