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Drawing of the 1918 Influenza: Trachea showing particular retention of epithelium, by, and in the neighbourhood of duet [?] of one of the mucus glands.

Drawing of the 1918 Influenza: Trachea showing earliest stage of reaction in influenza. Epithelium intact, but basement [?] slightly swollen as [?], with congestion and some small cells influtration of sub[?]. Hyaline deposits over epithelium

Drawing of the 1918 Influenza

Drawing of the 1918 Influenza: from section of the liver of rabbit dying 16 hours after intravenous inoculation of 0.5cm of a 48hr. Both culture of bacillus gained from spleen of case of progressive portal cirrhosis

Drawing of the 1918 Influenza: section of the liver of rabbit

Drawing of the 1918 Influenza: Main bronchus of a set of influenza lungs in the Museum at Guy's Hospital. Showing congestion of vessels and infiltration of round cells, thickening of membrane.

Drawing of the 1918 Influenza: Showing congestion of vessels

‘Tamiflu’ is the brand name of the antiviral drug Oseltamivir and is manufactured by pharmaceutical company Roche. These two cartons contain the paediatric dose (30mg) of Tamiflu to combat the H1N1 strain of influenza virus - the virus is commonly known as swine flu. They were prescribed to a seven year-old boy in October 2009. Swine flu is a respiratory disease with symptoms similar to standard flu. It shares elements of a disease seen in pigs and is spread through sneezing or coughing. Swine flu can be fatal in extreme cases. 

Tamiflu was distributed by the government’s National Pandemic Flu Service under strict controls. The government stockpiled enough antiviral drugs for 33 million people to avoid a pandemic - approximately half the population of Great Britain. This may seem overly cautious. However, over 40% of the worldwide population were infected and over 50 million people died during the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic.

maker: Roche

Place made: Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

‘Tamiflu’ antiviral drug, England, 2009

Drawing of the 1918 Influenza: Lymph sinus, some of the cells shown in their protoplasm - small clean spaces containing two, three or four fine deep brown spherules - shadows of colon bacilli

Drawing of the 1918 Influenza: from section of mescuterie gland from case of Portal Cirrhosis, drawn under Camera Lucida. This section shows portion of a lymph siccus with colon bacilli which have undergone proliferation post mortem in one of the [?] lymph cells

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Drawing of the 1918 Influenza: Trachea showing particular retention of epithelium, by, and in the neighbourhood of duet [?] of one of the mucus glands.

Drawing of the 1918 Influenza: Trachea showing earliest stage of reaction in influenza. Epithelium intact, but basement [?] slightly swollen as [?], with congestion and some small cells influtration of sub[?]. Hyaline deposits over epithelium

Drawing of the 1918 Influenza

Drawing of the 1918 Influenza: section of the liver of rabbit

Drawing of the 1918 Influenza: Showing congestion of vessels

Drawing of the 1918 Influenza: Main bronchus of a set of influenza lungs in the Museum at Guy's Hospital. Showing congestion of vessels and infiltration of round cells, thickening of membrane.

‘Tamiflu’ antiviral drug, England, 2009

Drawing of the 1918 Influenza: Lymph sinus, some of the cells shown in their protoplasm - small clean spaces containing two, three or four fine deep brown spherules - shadows of colon bacilli

Drawing of the 1918 Influenza: section of mescuterie gland

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Drawing of the 1918 Influenza: Trachea showing particular retention of epithelium, by, and in the neighbourhood of duet [?] of one of the mucus glands.

Drawing of the 1918 Influenza: Trachea showing earliest stage of reaction in influenza. Epithelium intact, but basement [?] slightly swollen as [?], with congestion and some small cells influtration of sub[?]. Hyaline deposits over epithelium

Drawing of the 1918 Influenza

Drawing of the 1918 Influenza: section of the liver of rabbit

Drawing of the 1918 Influenza: Showing congestion of vessels

Drawing of the 1918 Influenza: Main bronchus of a set of influenza lungs in the Museum at Guy's Hospital. Showing congestion of vessels and infiltration of round cells, thickening of membrane.

‘Tamiflu’ antiviral drug, England, 2009

Drawing of the 1918 Influenza: Lymph sinus, some of the cells shown in their protoplasm - small clean spaces containing two, three or four fine deep brown spherules - shadows of colon bacilli

Drawing of the 1918 Influenza: section of mescuterie gland

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