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Terribly Severe Though Mercifully Short: The Episode of the 1918 Influenza in British Malaya

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2007

KAI KHIUN LIEW
KAI KHIUN LIEW
Affiliation:
The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at University College London
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The influenza epidemic swept through our midst in September and October, unhappily with fatal consequences to a number of friends in the Tamil community. We are glad to say that though terribly severe while it lasted, its duration was mercifully short. On the other hand, the great news that the armistice has been signed filled us with unaccustomed joy.

Type
Research Article
Information
Modern Asian Studies , Volume 41 , Issue 2 , March 2007 , pp. 221 - 252
Copyright
© 2007 Cambridge University Press

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