1782 Influenza pandemic

Influenza pandemic emerging in Asia in 1782 Influenza Worldwide 1782 Asia In 1782 a pandemic of influenza emerged in Asia before spreading worldwide. It resulted in severe disruption to society in Europe and the Americas as it disabled populations with sudden and widespread illness, with the flu even affecting dogs and cats.Morens David M. Taubenberger Jeffery K. September 2011 Pandemic influenza: certain uncertainties Reviews in Medical Virology 21 5 262–284 10.1002/rmv.689 1052-9276 3246071 21706672 Occurring at the height of the Age of Enlightenment, was noted by contemporary physicians, generals, and medical researchers who sought to explain the infectious causes and treatments for influenza. Europe The pandemic reached Europe in the spring, and European ships quickly diffused influenza across the continent. Flu spread rapidly and noticeable epidemics rarely lingered in a communities for longer than 2 months.Influensa, ryska snuvan, spanska sjukan http://www.landberga.se/medicinhistoria/Influensa.html 2021-01-15 www.landberga.se 2020-12-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20201230141024/http://landberga.se/medicinhistoria/Influensa.html dead England Flu was widespread in London during the pandemic of 1782. Influenza inhibited the British Army's post-war activities as well. Admiral Kempenfelt set sail from Spithead with a squadron of ships on 2 May, among them the Goliath. By the 29th the flu had spread so thoroughly through the Goliath and other vessels' crews that the whole squadron was obliged to return to port in England.https://books.google.com/books?id=nt4mMN1lGV0C&dq=1557+influenza&pg=PA159 British Medical Journal 1880 British Medical Association Hart Ernest London 159 enMoore Sir John William https://books.google.com/books?id=uBM1AQAAMAAJ Text-book of the Eruptive and Continued Fevers 1892 Fannin New York 20 en Dr. Grant describes that the epidemic raged France By August 1782, Dr. Grant had written that the flu "still rages in parts of France."Grant William https://books.google.com/books?id=-gpkv_f8u8YC&q=Febris+catarrhalis+epidemica Observations on the Late Influenza the Febris Catarrhalis Epidemica of Hippocrates: As it Appeared at London in 1775 & 1782 1782 T. Cadel London i-ii en Sweden and Russia Flu spread to Scandinavia during the springs. Ship traffic spread the flu quickly along the coasts. On the Island of Tjörn deaths spiked from 9 in April to 25 in May, well above average mortalities for summer. Up to 40,000 people fell sick in one day in Saint Petersburg.https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=hWsBAAAAYAAJ&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA98 The Dublin Journal of Medical Science 1880 Fannin & Company Dublin 98 en References Category:Influenza pandemics Category:1782 Category:18th-century epidemics