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

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Milne, Ida [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Manchester History of MedicinePublisher: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 online resource (x, 263 pages) : illustrations, maps, chartsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781526122704
1526122707
9781526122728
1526122723

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

614.5/1809041 23

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RC150.6.A2 I7363 2018eb

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WZ 70 GI6

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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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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.

In English.

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