1917
The year the United States entered the First World War, in April, and the year of Germany's sixth war loan.
1917 CE
I Want You for U.S. Army
James Montgomery Flagg, recruiting poster for the United States Army, 1917 · 1917 (first drawn for a magazine cover, July 1916)
The Government Explains the Flu, 1918
U.S. Public Health Service (Rupert Blue, Surgeon General), “Spanish Influenza,” “Three-Day Fever,” “The Flu” (1918) · September 28, 1918
Although the present epidemic is called “Spanish influenza,” there is no reason to believe that it originated in Spain. Some writers who have studied the question believe that the epidemic came from the Orient and they call attention to the fact that the Germans mention the disease as occurring along the eastern front in the summer and fall of 1917.
Although the present epidemic is called “Spanish influenza,” there is no reason to believe that it originated in Spain. Some writers who have studied the question believe that the epidemic came from the Orient and they call attention to the fact that the Germans mention the disease as occurring along the eastern front in the summer and fall of 1917.
Camp Devens, 1918
Victor C. Vaughan, A Doctor’s Memories (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1926) · published 1926 (events of 1918)
During the World War pneumonia from the beginning to the end continued the most potent cause of death. Taking the calendar year of 1917 there were in our army 8,479 cases, with 952 deaths, a fatality of eleven and two-tenths per cent. It will be understood that mobilization of the new army did not begin until October, 1917. During the winter months of 1917-18 (September 29, 1917 to March 29, 1918) the cases numbered 13,393 with 3,110 deaths, a fatality of twenty-three and one-tenth per cent. During the summer months of 1918 (April 5 to August 30) the cases were 8,912 with 1679 deaths, a fatality of eighteen and eight-tenths per cent. During the autumn months of 1918 (the influenza period) the number of cases was 61,198 with 21,053 deaths, a fatality of thirty-four and four-tenths per cent.
During the World War pneumonia from the beginning to the end continued the most potent cause of death. Taking the calendar year of 1917, there were in our army 8,479 cases, with 952 deaths, a fatality of eleven and two-tenths percent. It will be understood that mobilization of the new army did not begin until October 1917. During the winter months of 1917–18 (September 29, 1917, to March 29, 1918) the cases numbered 13,393, with 3,110 deaths, a fatality of twenty-three and one-tenth percent. During the summer months of 1918 (April 5 to August 30) the cases were 8,912, with 1,679 deaths, a fatality of eighteen and eight-tenths percent. During the autumn months of 1918 (the influenza period) the number of cases was 61,198, with 21,053 deaths, a fatality of thirty-four and four-tenths percent.