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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.2 / 5.0

Medical History at it's FINEST!:

This is an exceptionally well written and riveting account of one of the deadliest plagues in modern human history. Written in a manner that is comprehensible to both laypersons and medical professionals, John Barry provides fascinating detail into the medical, political, and social background underlying the Influenza epidemic of 1918. Providing remarkable details from mutliple sources, the book demonstrates the interwoven relationships between pandemic disease and the political and social fabric. As a... more info

Sobering look at a deadly pandemic...:

A book that recently caught my eye was one by John Barry titled The Great Influenza - The Epic Story Of The Deadliest Plague In History. Now, I generally have a phobia about needles, and have *never* received a flu vaccination, but I think that will change next year. This was scary stuff...

Barry details the Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918 in great detail. He starts by setting the stage of how American medicine was practiced at the end of the 19th century, and how there was little control or respect... more info

Just the flu:

Wow. The Great Influenza sort of blew me away. Like most people I've heard of the 1918 influenza, but also like most I've never actually read anything on the epidemic. My first introduction to the topic came as a young nurse working on a neurology ward where Parkinson's Disease was diagnosed and treated. At the time it was believed to have arisen as a late neurological response to that infection. For all I know they may still think so. During the swine flu epidemic and the controversy over whether the... more info

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