The Virginia Medical Semi-Monthly, Vol. 11

Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Virginia Medical Semi-Monthly, Vol. 11: Formerly Virginia Medical Monthly; April, 1906-March, 1907, Inclusive There have been a score or more visitations of this disease to the United States in epidemic; form, but none so general or destructive as the one above reported. La grippe was apparent ly absent from the United States for many years prior to 1879-80, when it reappeared; and again in 1889-90 it swept over this country and claimed many victims who succumbed to its death-dealing blows. 1895 - 96 and 1897-98 were the last times in infested this country as a general epidemic, although each year many lives are sacrificed upon its altar. Its spread is in uenced by climate and sea sons, being most prevalent in the cold, damp Weather of winter and spring; sudden changes in temperature favor its development. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."