Influenza occurring in pregnant women: a statistical study of thirteen hundred and fifty cases
JW Harris - Journal of the American Medical Association, 1919 - jamanetwork.com
In the latter part of October, 1918, when the epidemic of influenza was at its peak in this
locality, the seriousness of the disease as seen in pregnant women caused considerable
alarm among those in charge of obstetric cases. It soon became apparent that there was a
great diversity of experience as regards the mortality, some of the practitioners losing most of
their cases, others very few. In addition to its importance in contributing toward a more
definite knowledge concerning the prognosis of influenza in pregnant women, it has seemed …
locality, the seriousness of the disease as seen in pregnant women caused considerable
alarm among those in charge of obstetric cases. It soon became apparent that there was a
great diversity of experience as regards the mortality, some of the practitioners losing most of
their cases, others very few. In addition to its importance in contributing toward a more
definite knowledge concerning the prognosis of influenza in pregnant women, it has seemed …
