Lessons Learned from the 1918 Flu Pandemic
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In this November 1918 photo made available by the Library of Congress, a nurse takes the pulse of a patient in the influenza ward of the Walter Reed hospital in Washington.
( Harris & Ewing/Library of Congress via AP )
( Harris & Ewing/Library of Congress via AP )
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