"The Flu": a brief history of influenza in U.S. America, Europe, Hawaii
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A. MOURITZ, Ph.D.
PHYSICIAN
HONOLULU, HAWAII
U. S. AMERICA
1921
COPYRIGHTED
Entered According to Act of Congress, in the Year 1921
A. MOURITZ
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress
Printed in Hawaii
A. A. St. M. Mouritz
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PREFACE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
CHAPTER I.
INFLUENZA.
NAMES GIVEN TO INFLUENZA: TRANSLATED.
THE PERFECT LANGUAGE.
EXPLANATION OF MEDICAL WORDS.
CHAPTER II.
INFLUENZA EPIDEMICS IN U. S. AMERICA.
INFLUENZA EPIDEMICS IN EUROPE AND ASIA.
1580
1647
1658
1675
1688
1693
1709
1712
1729–30
1732–3
1742–3
1758
1761
1762
1767
1775–6
1780–1
1781–2.
1788–9
1799–1800
1802–3
1807
1830
1833
1836–7
1847–8
1850–1; 1857–8; 1873–4; 1875; 1879.
1889–90
1918–9–1920
NAMES FOR INFLUENZA.
CHAPTER III.
INFLUENZA IN HAWAII.
THE EPIDEMIC OF 1889–90.
EARLIER ARRIVAL OF INFLUENZA.
DENGUE.
CHAPTER IV.
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS.
INFLUENZA-PNEUMONIA.
LEGACIES OF THE “FLU” TO MAN.
IMMUNITY THE KING PROTECTOR.
INCUBATION.
SALIENT POINTS.
QUARANTINE AND ISOLATION.
CAUSE OF THE FLU.
WHY WERE MICROBES CREATED?
SPORES HAVE GREAT VITALITY.
PREVENTIVES OF INFLUENZA?
SALIENT POINTS.
(From the Author’s Booklet, “Historical Hawaii.”)
ADMIRAL ADAM. IVAN. KRUSENSTERN. (1770–1846.)
THE AHULAU OKUU.
POLYNESIAN VITAL STATISTICS.