Tracking the Russian Influenza

Publications:

E. Thomas Ewing, “La Grippe or Russian Influenza: Mortality Statistics during the 1890 Epidemic in Indiana.” Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. Vol. 13, No. 13, May 2019. https://doi.org/10.1111/irv.12632.

E. Thomas Ewing, “’The Two Diseases Are So Utterly Dissimilar’: Using Digital Humanities Tools to Advance Scholarship in the Global History of Medicine.” Current Research in Digital History, Vol. 1 (2018). George Mason University Center for History and New Media: http://crdh.rrchnm.org/.

E. Thomas Ewing, “’Will It Come Here?’ Using Digital Humanities Tools to Explore Medical Understanding during the Russian Flu Epidemic, 1889-90,” Medical History, Vol. 61, No, 3 (July 2017), pp. 474-477.

E. Thomas Ewing, Veronica Kimmerly and Sinclair Ewing-Nelson, “’Look Out for La Grippe’: Using Digital Humanities Tools to Interpret Information Dissemination during the Russian Flu, 1889-1890.” Medical History Vol. 60, Issue 1 (January 2016), pp. 129-131. DOI 10.1017/mdh.2015.84.

E. Thomas Ewing, Ian Hargreaves, Jessica King, Andrew Pregnall, and Tyler Talnagi, “Revealing Data: Using Term Frequency to Chart Influenza Reporting,” Circulating Now, National Library of Medicine, November 14, 2018; “Revealing Data: Measuring Mortality during an Epidemic,” Circulating Now, November 15, 2018; “Revealing Data: Close Reading and Textual Analysis as Historical Methods,” Circulating Now, November 16, 2018. (link)

E. Thomas Ewing, Veronica Kimmerly and Sinclair Ewing-Nelson, “Dr. Shrady Says: The 1890 Russian Influenza as a Case Study for Understanding Epidemics in History.” Medical Heritage Library Research Blog, Parts 1, 2, and 3. August September 2016. (link)