Northwest History. Alaska. Epidemics & Contagious Diseases.

Outpost In Arctic Defeats Influenza. OUTPOST IN ARCTIC DEFEATS INFLUENZA POINT BARROW, Alaska, May 21. (/P)—With no new cases reported the past three days, although a 10-year-old child died yesterday, Dr. H. G. Greist, medical missionary at this arctic outpost, announced his belief that the influenz...

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Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1935
Subjects:
outpost
Arctic
influenza
Point Barrow
Alaska
Dr. H. G. Greist
medical missionary
epidemic
Wainwright
Northwest
Pacific > History > 20th century
Pacific
Barrow
Online Access:http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/90726
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Summary:Outpost In Arctic Defeats Influenza. OUTPOST IN ARCTIC DEFEATS INFLUENZA POINT BARROW, Alaska, May 21. (/P)—With no new cases reported the past three days, although a 10-year-old child died yesterday, Dr. H. G. Greist, medical missionary at this arctic outpost, announced his belief that the influenza epidemic has about run its course. The child's death brought fatalities here and at Wainwright to 15.

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