School: Colthurst, An Bhlárna (roll number 6717)

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1. The Epidemic of 1900 (continued)

   

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   At first the Doctors did not know what the disease was, but after a few deaths they discovered that it was influenza. My mother's father and mother, and her sister, died within a fortnight. My father's father also died of the same disease.

   

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2. The Epidemic of 1900

   

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   The Doctor, during the epidemic, allowed no one to enter any infected house as the influenza was very contagious, but the neighbours had to come to the Fosters' house to nurse them because the whole family were "down", and two women - the only two allowed to enter - caught the disease and died within three days of one another John Horgan, 7 Shamrock Tce. Author Mr D. Dooling, (70 yrs) 7 Waterloo Rd.

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)
   2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
         1. the great famine (~4,013)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   John Horgan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Blarney, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Mr D. Dooling

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   70

   Address

   Blarney, Co. Cork