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July 10, 2018 Epidemics & Pandemics

Musty corn and the dread scourge pellagra

Musty corn was thought to cause the life-threatening disease pellagra, a condition that we understand today results from a lack of niacin.

Dr. William James Glass, Sr. owned about twenty-five saddle horses. He made an effort to buy the very best. The average horse he bought would last about three years.

western maryland hospital postcard, no date

November 28, 2017 Doctors / Maryland / Nurses

The number of railroad accidents made the need for a hospital strongly felt

Western Maryland Hospital, the 1st institution of its kind in Allegany County, was erected on Baltimore Avenue to minister to the suffering.

carrying sick person to railway, pine mountain, ky sized (1)

October 9, 2017 Epidemics & Pandemics

The Great Pandemic of 1918, part 2

Kentucky officials did not even report influenza cases to the U.S. Public Health Service until late October. Likewise in Alabama.

October 6, 2017 Epidemics & Pandemics

The Great Pandemic of 1918, part 1

The flu’s name came from the early affliction and large mortalities in Spain where it allegedly killed 8 million in May that year.

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Musty corn and the dread scourge pellagra

His horse, saddle bags, and himself slipped into the river and went under

The number of railroad accidents made the need for a hospital strongly felt

The Great Pandemic of 1918, part 2

The Great Pandemic of 1918, part 1