TABLE I. _Influenza epidemics previous to 1889._ ═════╤══════════════╤═════════════╤══════════════╤═══════════════╤══════════════ Date.│ General │ Site of │ Direction of │ Localities │ Rapidity of │ features. │ origin. │ spread. │ affected. │ spread. ─────┼──────────────┼─────────────┼──────────────┼───────────────┼────────────── 1173│Rather meagre │Unknown. │ │Described in │Not known. │description. │ │ │Italy, Germany,│ │ │ │ │England. │ ─────┼──────────────┼─────────────┼──────────────┼───────────────┼────────────── 1239│Described by │Described in │ │Invaded all of │ 1311│Zeviani. │France. │ │France. │ │Records not │ │ │ │ │definite. Not │ │ │ │ │generally │ │ │ │ │accepted. │ │ │ │ ─────┼──────────────┼─────────────┼──────────────┼───────────────┼────────────── 1323│Mentioned by │ │ │ │ │Hirsch, Gluge │ │ │ │ │and Zeviani. │ │ │ │ │Most believes │ │ │ │ │it was a │ │ │ │ │typhoid │ │ │ │ │epidemic. │ │ │ │ ─────┼──────────────┼─────────────┼──────────────┼───────────────┼────────────── 1327│Mentioned by │ │ │Described in │ │Zeviani, │ │ │Italy. │ │Hirsch and │ │ │ │ │Gluge. Rather │ │ │ │ │doubtful. │ │ │ │ ─────┼──────────────┼─────────────┼──────────────┼───────────────┼────────────── 1358│Described by │ │ │Savoy, Germany,│ │Zeviani. Not │ │ │France, │ │generally │ │ │Catalonia. │ │accepted. │ │ │ │ ─────┼──────────────┼─────────────┼──────────────┼───────────────┼────────────── 1387│(Zeviani, │Italy. │ │Italy, France, │ │Schweich, │ │ │Strasbourg, │ │Gluge, Hirsch │ │ │Southern │ │and │ │ │Germany. │ │Ripperger.) │ │ │ │ │Characteristic│ │ │ │ │description.