Warren Taylor Vaughan

Influenza Warren Taylor Vaughan

Dr. Vaughan's preface gives a profound clue as to why this book is so necessary for 2020 seekers of flu pandemic knowledge; Written by Dr. Vaughan 100 years ago: "Following every widespread epidemic or pandemic of influenza, the contemporary literature becomes virtually flooded with reports of scientific studies on the etiology and the epidemiology of the disease. By the time that recrudescences have ceased, interest has usually lagged and eventually research in this subject has practically ceased, only to be revived with the development of the next extensive epidemic."This 320 page work, on pandemics and other flus, was first published by the American Journal of Hygiene in 1921. It is an eye opening scholarly and fact-based book reads as if it were written in July 2020. Dr. Vaughan's extensive and detailed book analyses the common traits and details of the multiple pandemics between 1889 and the multi-year global Spanish Flu ( which devastated populations from Feb.1918 up through April 2020). This book is a "must have" for any serious student of flu pandemics as well as any citizen of the 21st. century who wishes to be more knowledgeable about epidemics.