Eskimo cold

eskimo n .old mission diaries speak of deaths from the prevalent "Eskimo cold", and this is the disease which we know as Influenza.The pandemics arise annually in February and Aug- ust. The natives, Dr. Hutton informs me, actually have a special name for influenza ('nuvak'). PRIN...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1966
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
eskimo*
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/23796
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Summary:eskimo n .old mission diaries speak of deaths from the prevalent "Eskimo cold", and this is the disease which we know as Influenza.The pandemics arise annually in February and Aug- ust. The natives, Dr. Hutton informs me, actually have a special name for influenza ('nuvak'). PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story February 1966 Used I and Sup Used I Used I eskimo, esquimau, ~ boot, ~ dog, ~ indian, ~ sled, HUSKIMAW, INDIAN, SKINNY-WOPPER,~cold, ~curlew, MOUNTAIN CURLEW, ~duck, ~fiddle, ~sled Checked by Rebecca Nolan on Tue 24 Feb 2015

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