Spanish Flu Autopsy

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What was the primary focus of researchers at the Rockefeller Institute?

  • Developing vaccines for smallpox, rabies, anthrax, diphtheria, and meningitis
  • Organ transplantation and limb reattachment (correct)
  • Predicting a future without communicable disease
  • Recruiting the best doctors and microbiologists

What was the main reason for Welch's concern about the epidemic?

  • The overcrowding of training camps (correct)
  • The spread of secondary cases of pneumonia
  • The seasonal nature of the disease
  • The lack of available vaccines and antitoxins

What did Welch dispatch to fight the epidemic?

  • Bacterial pneumonia serum (correct)
  • Smallpox vaccine
  • Experimental flu vaccine
  • Antitoxins for diphtheria

Why did influenza seem less serious compared to measles?

<p>Doctors were not obligated to report cases to the Public Health Service (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happened as infected American troops boarded troop ships?

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