Photograph of a microscope slide from Camp Devens Case 192

Photograph of a microscope slide from Camp Devens Case 192

"CAMP DEVENS CASE 192. PHOTOMICTOGRAPH."

Spanish Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919

Camp Devens (Mass.)

An image of a microscope slide showing acute alveolar emphysema with hyalin fibrin deposit, which is characteristic of the initial stage of influenza pneumonias. The duration of the illness was 10 days from the initial symptoms.

Wolbach, S. Burt (Simeon Burt), 1880-1954

1918

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Warren Anatomical Museum Catalog Number 11501

Warren Anatomical Museum Records, Series 00344: V. Curatorial Photographs and Assorted Graphic Materials, 1973-1981, undated

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This photograph was prepared by Dr. S. Burt Wolbach and depicts one of the lung slides that he created while he was studying the influenza outbreak at Camp Devens in 1918.