National research, United States Public Health service. Doctor george lull, secretary and general manager of the american medical association. The silent invader was written by tom goldman, produced by roger wolf. Directed by jack simon. Script research by rose me and a mcdonald. The silent invader has been brought to you by the Westinghouse Broadcasting company in cooperation with the american medical association. The United States Public Health service and the university of Pittsburgh Health center. The symptoms are quite familiar, and you will often come up with the correct diagnosis. Yes, it looks like a cold, a common cold. Runny nose, headache, akin us, very often a slight fever. Those are some of the symptoms of the common cold. How do we get an till that happy state . We have colds simply because of cold . Because of ice . Snow and low temperature . No. The funny thing about colds, where it is coldest, the and habitant hardly ever get cold. Explores tellers that as cameras are
And now im book tv we would like to highlight some Program Summer archives of focus on pandemics. All of the programs are about to see can be viewed in their entirety by visiting our website booktv. Org using the Search Button at the top of the page. First, in 2000 on cspans book note Program Science journalist talks about the history of influenza, specifically the 1918 outbreak. Heres a portion of that interview. Hadley thought much about the fluid just seemed like something that came round every year people get sick and then they get better again. Ive never really been interested in it at all within a few years ago im a reporter for the new york times, wrote an article for the times about a really miraculous discovery. There is a guy at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and he was writing and that technical journal called Science Magazine that he had managed to get some lung tissue from a soldier who died in 1918. And that lung tissue, there were still fragments of the virus that it ki
Finally sampled fruit bats and found the viruses that killed the animals and they called it hendren a virus. It hasnt killed many people, doesnt pass from human to human but it is a knock on the door. A reminder to us of where these things come from, how they emerge, why they spillover some of the fact that they are not called independent cases that are part of a pattern in the pattern reflects things we humans are doing on the planet and they get into humans and in some cases because a local outbreak which is easily controlled or comes to a end on its own and in other cases they cause widespread suffering and death. Is the coronavirus continues to affect the country we are taking a look at author programs about pandemics we have had in our archives. Up next john barry discusses his book the great influenza which discusses the 1918 influenza outbreak. Heres a portion of his book from 2004. Now you have the enemy, the enemy of course is a virus. All influenza viruses are bird viruses. E
University of pittsburgh, one of the nations major health centers, in cooperation with the American Medical Society and United States Public Health Service Bring you the silent invaders, an uptotheminute report on asian influenza. How do you do . Im carl ives. Throughout history, mankind has wage many battles in order to protect his family or nation against misfortune, disaster, or even possible extinction. While sometimes these wars have been catastrophic, it was the catastrophe of 1918, when an influenza epidemic swept through our own nation as well as the entire world. Unlike the battles of nation against nation, or humanity against the forces of nature where man has often have the opportunity to prepare himself, the battle against disease throughout the centuries have found men in the unfortunate position of having to combat this enemy only after it had been infiltrated his community and infected much of the population. Recently, you have become aware of a pandemic, or worldwide ep
Westinghouse broadcasting and pittsburgh teamed up with the American Medical Association, the u. S. Public Health Service and the university of pittsburgh to produce the silent invader. The film is from the digital cle collections of the u. S. Library. The Westinghouse Broadcasting company and university of pittsburgh one of the nations Major Health Centers in cooperation with the American Medical Society and the United States public Health Service bring you the silent invader. An uptotheminute report on asian influenza. How do you do . Ill carl ives. Throughout history, mankind has been forced to wage many battles in order to protect his family or nation against misfortune, disaster or even possible extinction. Sometimes these wars have been, well, theyve been catastrophic. There was a catastrophe in 1918 when an influenza epidemic swept through our own nation as well as the entire world. Unlike the battles of nation against nation, or humanity against the forces of nature, when man i