| Description |
1 online resource (x, 263 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts. |
| Series |
Manchester History of Medicine
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 27, 2018). |
| Contents |
Intro; Front matter; Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Figures and tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; A 'mysterious malady' -- or a 'perfect storm'?; The flu: a news perspective; Counting the ill and the dead; 'Managing' the crisis; The doctors' view: medical puzzle, politics and search for cures; Hospitals and other institutions: coping with crises; Dying and surviving: eye witnesses; Influenza as a political tool; Epilogue: the long aftermath; Select bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
A social history of the 1918-19 influenza pandemic's effects on an Ireland where normal patterns of life were disturbed by war and the growing separatist movement. The influenza seemed to disrupt every aspect of Irish life - culture, economics, politics, medicine and family life. |
| Language |
In English. |
| Subject |
Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 -- Ireland -- History.
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Influenza Pandemic, 1918-1919 -- history.
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Ireland.
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MEDICAL -- Forensic Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Public Health.
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Ireland. (OCoLC)fst01205427
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Influenza Epidemic (1918-1919) (OCoLC)fst01754995
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| Chronological Term |
1918-1919
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Print version : 9781526122698 |
| ISBN |
9781526122704 (electronic book) |
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1526122707 (electronic book) |
| Standard No. |
10.7765/9781526122704 doi |
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