Project Gutenberg 2021-03-11 Public domain in the USA. 164 Harvey, Oscar Jewell The Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918 An Account of Its Ravages in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, and the Efforts Made to Combat and Subdue It E-text prepared by Turgut Dincer, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "The Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918" by Oscar Jewell Harvey is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book chronicles the outbreak and impact of the Spanish influenza pandemic in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, detailing the extensive measures taken by local communities and health authorities to combat the crisis. It likely explores themes of communal resilience, public health challenges, and the socio-economic factors exacerbating the pandemic's effects. The opening of the book sets the stage by describing the devastating arrival of the influenza virus in the United States, highlighting the unpreparedness of medical institutions and public health systems. It recounts the rapid spread of the disease across various states and communities, emphasizing the overwhelming number of cases and the high mortality rates, particularly among wage-earning populations. The text outlines the urgent response from local health authorities, including the closure of public spaces and the formation of emergency hospitals as they struggle to manage the crisis and care for the afflicted, establishing a narrative of both fear and fight against the widespread disaster. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 64.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 -- Pennsylvania -- Luzerne County Public health -- Pennsylvania -- Luzerne County -- History -- 20th century -- Sources RC Text Category: History - Other Category: History - American Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Health & Medicine 268763 2025-06-25T12:29:39.464775 text/html 261248 2024-10-18T11:49:30 text/html 576022 2025-06-25T12:29:46.215735 application/epub+zip 578259 2025-06-25T12:29:41.155760 application/epub+zip 138051 2025-06-25T12:29:40.275785 application/epub+zip 655814 2025-06-25T12:29:49.232704 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 655731 2025-06-25T12:29:45.500727 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 216005 2022-09-29T07:20:46.749416 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 199660 2025-06-25T12:29:38.462788 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 179677 2024-10-18T11:49:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16449 2025-06-25T12:29:49.373691 application/rdf+xml 10731 2025-06-25T12:29:40.427743 image/jpeg 1955 2025-06-25T12:29:40.350731 image/jpeg 572476 2025-06-25T12:29:39.493761 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog