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Lowell History: The Isolation Hospital

The Lowell Isolation Hospital, later called Meadowcrest Hospital. Officially opened in 1920. Partially opened in 1918 to treat victims of the Spanish Flu.

The 1918 Influenza Epidemic

Newspaper Articles about the epidemic in Lowell
Produced by the University of Michigan Center for the History of Medicine and Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library
The American Influenza Epidemic of 1918 - 1819 - A digital Encyclopedia
Produced by the University of Michigan Center for the History of Medicine and Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library

Selections from the City Reports 1918 - 1919

Research article - The effect of public health measures on the 1918 influenza pandemic in U.S. cities.

Edited by Burton H. Singer, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, and approved March 13, 2007 (received for review December 13, 2006)

Lowell Sun - October 12, 1952

Last Updated: Apr 3, 2024 5:06 PM
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Subjects: Lowell History

Tags: Epidemic, Isolation Hospital, Pandemic, Public Health Hospitals