“THE FLU” A BRIEF HISTORY OF INFLUENZA IN U. S. AMERICA EUROPE HAWAII BY A. MOURITZ, Ph.D. PHYSICIAN HONOLULU, HAWAII U. S. AMERICA 1921 COPYRIGHTED Entered According to Act of Congress, in the Year 1921 By A. MOURITZ In the Office of the Librarian of Congress Printed in Hawaii Press: Advertiser Publishing Co., Ltd., Honolulu MDCCCCXXI PREFACE This Booklet has been written and compiled for the use of any student or layman who seeks concise and clear information on the history of Influenza. Brief and salient facts are set forth relating to “Flu” epidemics and pandemics: other collateral features have also been discussed, connected with or bearing upon this subject. A. M. _Author and Compiler._ Honolulu, Hawaii, U. S. A., 1921. BIBLIOGRAPHY Finckler, Dittmar. Influenza. Bonn. 1898. Fonseca, 〃 〃 Salamanca. 1625. Hubbard, 〃 〃 London. 1667. Lobineau, 〃 〃 Paris. 1650. Pasquier, 〃 〃 Paris. 1665. Perkins, 〃 〃 Paris. 1776. Pfeiffer, Richard. 〃 〃 Breslau. 1892. Short, Thomas. 〃 〃 London. 1587. Thompson, Theodore. 〃 〃 London. 1852. Webster, Noah. Epidemics, Pestilences. London. 1800. American Dictionary of Medicine; Various Authors. 1914. Report of London College of Physicians. London. 1783. Madhava, Indian Physician, Pathology ‘Rugvinischaya.’ B.C. 582. Diodorus Siculus, Historian, Agyrium, Sicily. A.D. 78. CHAPTER I. _What is Influenza? Discovery of the Bacillus. Alleged causes. Names given to the disease and their translation. Explanation of medical words._ INFLUENZA.