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The Dispatch News

Location

Lexington, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Feb 25, 1920

Page

9

Antiquity of influenza traced by historians over 2300 years

Medical historians trace influenza back to 412 BC with Hippocrates and Livy notes and cite Italy as the origin of the term influenza. The disease appeared sporadically through the Middle Ages and surged in Europe by 1510, with major global pandemics in 1889 90 and waves through 1890s.

Izuenza Hippocrates Livius England Germany Europe Africa Petit Courier Richard Kempenfelt Royal George United States Issa Bokhara Asiatic Russia

Woman with 22 children found in Bethea township

Frank Watkins reports a Bethea township woman mother of 22 children from two marriages. She had one child by the first husband and 21 by the second. The Dillon County Herald notes the case worse than a New York record of 18. The mother remains strong and active. Also advertised are Hall's Catarrh Medicine and Hall's Family Pills claiming cures with $100 reward for failures.

Frank Watkins Watkin's Warehouse Bethea Mr. Watkins New York Dillion County Watkins Dillon Herald Hall F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio

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