Abstract
The pandemic in the Army camps was a part of the great outburst that swept over the United States in September and October, 1918. This, in turn, was a manifestation of the still larger visitation that was to cover most, if not all, of the world. As soon as the pandemic appeared, each camp and other station of troops was required to keep the Surgeon-General informed of the appearance and progress of the disease. Daily and weekly telegraphic reports were sent in giving the number of new cases of influenza and pneumonia and other details. Most of the statistical data presented here are taken from these reports. Were it not for the pulmonary complication which has accompanied it, few would doubt that the disease was influenza. Its epidemic character, its clinical aspects and its bacteriology, so far as they have been studied, all point to that disease. It will consequently
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