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18/10/2019

Spit spreads death @ Mütter Museum





Spit Spreads Death: The Influenza Pandemic of 1918-19 in Philadelphia


A century ago, a worldwide health disaster hit home. The influenza pandemic of 1918–19, the global epidemic often called the “Spanish flu,” killed 50 to 100 million people worldwide.  





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Plague panel with the triumph of death. Panels of this kind were placed on the walls of houses to warn against the plague. A plague epidemy raged in Augsburg between 1607 and 1636.


















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