Butler A R, Hogg J L
Bute Medical School, St Andrews, Scotland, UK.
J R Coll Physicians Edinb. 2007 Dec;37(4):362-6.
The 1918-1919 influenza pandemic resulted in more deaths than any other medical event in human history; the most recent scholarship puts the death toll worldwide at 100 million. Scotland suffered a proportionate loss of life but it was little reported at the time and has been little studied by social historians since. The Great War had been such a traumatic experience that the authorities, and the general public, could take no more tragic news and the result was an uncanny silence. There is little information on the way in which people were affected by the pandemic. Such information could now be valuable as we plan a response to a pandemic of avian flu. This article aims to initiate study of an important episode in healthcare in Scotland.
1918 - 1919年的流感大流行造成的死亡人数超过了人类历史上任何其他医学事件；最新学术研究认为全球死亡人数达1亿。苏格兰也遭受了相应的生命损失，但当时报道甚少，此后社会历史学家也很少对其进行研究。第一次世界大战是一段如此惨痛的经历，以至于当局和普通民众无法再承受更多悲剧性的消息，结果便是令人不可思议的沉默。关于人们受大流行影响的方式几乎没有信息。随着我们计划应对禽流感大流行，这类信息现在可能很有价值。本文旨在开启对苏格兰医疗保健中这一重要事件的研究。
