Despite not originating in Spain, the 1918 influenza pandemic is commonly known as the "Spanish flu"-a name that reflects a tendency in public health history to associate new infectious diseases with foreign nationals and foreign countries. Intentional or not, an effect of this naming convention ...
We have used some of the most important manuscripts concerning the pandemic to compose a historical note on the outbreak that almost annihilated the world. The name "Spanish Flu", was defined wrongfully due to the scientific observation and research made in Spain, while the first appearance o...
However, the discussion about fluorite goes back more than 250 years prior to Napione's label, when, in 1530, Georgius Agricola, a German scientist, reviewed fluorite's use as a flux in iron smelting, though he called it fluorspar, a neo-Latinization of the German Flusspat, from Flu...
On May 6, 1943, the “Naval Demolition Project” was directed by the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) “to meet a present and urgent requirement.” The CNO’s directive outlined a two-phase project. The first phase began with a letter to the Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks direc...
Doctor Linus H. French, the Origins of Healthcare in Bristol Bay, and the Spanish Flu of 1919Troll, TimAlaska History