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Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"This Spanish Influenza is an awful disease…” Historians still debate where it began. The pandemic obtained the name “Spanish Influenza” because the…"

Mercy Hospital - 100 Years of Mercy Hospital

"… city's history, the pandemic known as the Spanish Influenza. This emergency, along with limited proper hospital facilities in the Portland area…"

Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

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