Pandemic proclamations of the past – References

1 Hong Kong flu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_flu

2 Frank Plummer: https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/24/world/sars-epidemic-scientists-virus-proves-baffling-turning-up-only-40-lab-s-test.html

3 Dutch scientists

4 Mexican (swine) flu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_swine_flu_pandemic

5 Zika virus: https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/zika-virus-symptoms-prevention

6 Zika WHO: Https://www.who.int/health-topics/zika-virus-disease#tab=tab_1

Enlightenment and erratic doctors

1 Sir Richard Hawkins https://hekint.org/2019/11/19/scurvy-before-james-lind/

2 ’Treatise of the Scurvy’ (1753) by James Lind https://pmj.bmj.com/content/78/925/695

3 Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis: studies of death in childbirth https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3807776/

4 Dr. Holmes & Dr. Semmelweis: Preventing the Transmission of Puerperal Fever         https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2866610/