by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | May 14, 2020 | Hayes, Bob, Medical Topics
Author’s note: This article is dedicated to the victims of the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic. It contains words and attitudes which, while formerly in common use, are now recognized as racist and demeaning. The November 14, 1918 (page one) issue of “The Kelowna...
by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | May 7, 2020 | Hayes, Bob, Medical Topics
Last week’s article provided some history of the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic which decimated the world’s population, claiming millions of lives, making it arguably the twentieth century’s most lethal pandemic. As the summer of 1918 rolled into fall, the Spanish flu...