Epidemics - A human lung infected with influenza during the 1918 epidemic

Devastating diseases that have affected human populations throughout the ages.

Drawings by John Adami, Guy's Hospital

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The 1918-19 influenza epidemic killed between 20 and 40 million people globally. This was more than all those who died in the First World War, which was coming to an end as the epidemic began. In fact, the massive troop movements of the war speeded up the spread of the virus around the world.

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A human lung infected with influenza during the 1918 epidemic

Drawings by John Adami, Guy's Hospital

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