Beating the Flu: Orthodox and Commercial Responses to Influenza in Britain, 1889–1919

Loeb, Lori

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“…This response was in keeping with that found in England where medical professionals in Britain arguably played a ''passive role'' when faced with a severe public health crisis (Loeb, 2005). Accordingly, there was criticism from the non-official newspapers regarding the lack of precautionary measures taken regarding the reception of the sick from ships arriving from abroad, the disinfection of the clothing of patients brought in from the bay and the manner in which patients were brought into the heart of the town where the Civil Hospital was situated.…”

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Brief communication: Rethinking the impact of the 1918 influenza pandemic on sex differentials in mortality

Sawchuk

2009

American J Phys Anthropol

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This study will assess the general impact of the 1918 influenza on overall mortality and its impact on mortality attributable to pulmonary tuberculosis in a small-scale population. Using life table and decomposition methodologies, changes in mortality in Gibraltar used a scheme that identified a pre-epidemic period (1904-1917), the epidemic year (1918), and the post-epidemic period (1919-1927). Overall health in both sexes fell significantly in 1918 with a drop in life expectancy at birth, however, health quickly rebounded in the post-epidemic period. In the case of women, there was a significant increase in life expectancy at birth after the epidemic. The impact of influenza on the magnitude of sex differentials in the life expectancy at birth fell during epidemic year but returned to a level comparable to that of the pre-epidemic period. With respect to respiratory tuberculosis deaths, the immediate impact of influenza was restricted to only a significant increase in the rate among women (aged 15-54). In the post-epidemic period, tuberculosis mortality rates returned to the pre-epidemic state in both sexes. The findings from Gibraltar stand in contrast opposition to results reported for experience in the United States during the 1918 flu.

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Brief communication: Rethinking the impact of the 1918 influenza pandemic on sex differentials in mortality

Sawchuk

2009

American J Phys Anthropol

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“…It has been widely recognised, in the UK at least, that responses to past epidemics and pandemics have proved inadequate. Lori Loeb, for example, having examined discussions in The British Medical Journal and The Lancet between 1889 and 1919 concluded that it: “reveals confusion and lack of consensus”, as well as contradictory advice on remedies (Loeb 2005 ). A similar tale is told by Tomkins ( 1992 ).…”

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COVID-19: The Lessons We Should Have Learned from Existing Literature

Jefferson

2020

Biophys Econ Sust

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The linkages between natural resources and human well-being lie at the heart of biophysical economics. Huge disruptions to human well-being which can occur as a result of the impact of particular natural resources or species are, or should be, an obvious focus of interest for the biophysical economist whose focus is on flows between the natural world and human society. The causes and consequences of such disruptions, such as emanate from pandemics and epidemics, are a clear example of this. There is a need for better understanding of these causes and consequences. As an example, twelve books on epidemics and pandemics are considered here as providing the core for what guidance they might, and should, have provided on the sources, spreaders, and responses to COVID-19. A substantial amount of guidance is given in these and other sources referenced, which if followed would have reduced spread and mortality, but in far too many countries preparedness and speed of responses were inadequate. An effective global network and funding are required, as long advocated, but still not implemented. The economic and resource costs of this failure are huge.

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“…141 Patent medicines and disinfectants promising to halt the bacillus took this message to the public. 142 Although variable in effectiveness, these practices consolidated 'influenza bacillus' as an object of prevention and popular knowledge, and underscored the collective experience of influenza as a democratic disease.…”

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‘A Most Protean Disease’: Aligning Medical Knowledge of Modern Influenza, 1890–1914

Bresalier

2012

Med. Hist.

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Beating the Flu: Orthodox and Commercial Responses to Influenza in Britain, 1889–1919

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Brief communication: Rethinking the impact of the 1918 influenza pandemic on sex differentials in mortality

Brief communication: Rethinking the impact of the 1918 influenza pandemic on sex differentials in mortality

COVID-19: The Lessons We Should Have Learned from Existing Literature

‘A Most Protean Disease’: Aligning Medical Knowledge of Modern Influenza, 1890–1914

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