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Hist Cienc Saude Manguinhos. 2018 Jul-Sep;25(3):679-694. doi: 10.1590/S0104-59702018000400005.
Coimbra's response to the 1918-1919 influenza epidemic, seen from the viewpoint of a local newspaper.
[Article in English, Portuguese; Abstract available in Portuguese from the publisher]
Correia AMD1.
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This article investigates the 1918-1919 influenza epidemic in Coimbra using information found in the pages of a local newspaper. Rigorous and systematic analysis of the Gazeta de Coimbra reveals the urban bourgeoisie's perception of this health disaster, considered the most severe in the twentieth century. Guided by the newspaper's editor though an unofficial view of the facts, the reader can glimpse reactions to the first news of the epidemic, particularly the population's fears related to this information, but also the response from authorities and civil society. The newspaper is critical in many aspects, openly censuring inaction by several institutions of the city such as the city council, the medical school at the University of Coimbra, and the Miseric?rdia charitable institution.
PMID: 30365731 DOI: 10.1590/S0104-59702018000400005
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Coimbra's response to the 1918-1919 influenza epidemic, seen from the viewpoint of a local newspaper.
[Article in English, Portuguese; Abstract available in Portuguese from the publisher]
Correia AMD1.
Author information
Abstract
in English, Portuguese
This article investigates the 1918-1919 influenza epidemic in Coimbra using information found in the pages of a local newspaper. Rigorous and systematic analysis of the Gazeta de Coimbra reveals the urban bourgeoisie's perception of this health disaster, considered the most severe in the twentieth century. Guided by the newspaper's editor though an unofficial view of the facts, the reader can glimpse reactions to the first news of the epidemic, particularly the population's fears related to this information, but also the response from authorities and civil society. The newspaper is critical in many aspects, openly censuring inaction by several institutions of the city such as the city council, the medical school at the University of Coimbra, and the Miseric?rdia charitable institution.
PMID: 30365731 DOI: 10.1590/S0104-59702018000400005
Free full text