Eyewitness accounts of the 1510 influenza pandemic in Europe

Lancet. 2010 Dec 4;376(9756):1894-5. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(10)62204-0.

Abstract

“On this day [July 13, 1510]…in Modena there appeared an illness that lasts three days with a great fever, and headache and then they rise…but there remains a terrible cough that lasts maybe eight days, and then little by little they recover and do not perish.”

Publication types

  • Historical Article
  • News
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural

MeSH terms

  • Europe / epidemiology
  • History, 16th Century
  • Humans
  • Influenza, Human / epidemiology
  • Influenza, Human / etiology
  • Influenza, Human / history*
  • Pandemics / history*
  • Recurrence