TY - BOOK AU - Milne,Ida TI - Stacking the coffins: influenza, war and revolution in Ireland, 1918-19 T2 - Manchester History of Medicine SN - 9781526122704 AV - RC150.6.A2 I7363 2018eb U1 - 614.5/1809041 23 PY - 2018/// CY - Manchester PB - Manchester University Press KW - Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 KW - Ireland KW - History KW - Influenza Pandemic, 1918-1919 KW - history KW - Épidémie de grippe espagnole, 1918-1919 KW - Irlande KW - Histoire KW - MEDICAL KW - Forensic Medicine KW - bisacsh KW - Preventive Medicine KW - Public Health KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Anthropology KW - Cultural KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Intro; Front matter; Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Figures and tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; A 'mysterious malady' -- or a 'perfect storm'?; The flu: a news perspective; Counting the ill and the dead; 'Managing' the crisis; The doctors' view: medical puzzle, politics and search for cures; Hospitals and other institutions: coping with crises; Dying and surviving: eye witnesses; Influenza as a political tool; Epilogue: the long aftermath; Select bibliography; Index N2 - A social history of the 1918-19 influenza pandemic's effects on an Ireland where normal patterns of life were disturbed by war and the growing separatist movement. The influenza seemed to disrupt every aspect of Irish life - culture, economics, politics, medicine and family life UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1838721 ER -