Maine Memory Network

Mercy Hospital - 100 Years of Mercy Hospital

"… greatest health crisis in the city's history, the pandemic known as the Spanish Influenza. This emergency, along with limited proper hospital…"

Mercy Hospital - Portland Hospitals Before Mercy

"None of these facilities, however, proved sufficient to cope with the great Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919."

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"The global Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919 killed between 50 and 100 million people worldwide, far more than the 21 million killed in the much more…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Project Background and Partners

"In 2020, during the initial onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, MHS acquired one of its largest collections to date, the works of Maine landscape…"

Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"Known at the time as the Spanish Influenza, the pandemic of 1918-1919 claimed millions of lives worldwide."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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