The influenza epidemic in Melrose

Published April 3, 2020

The author is a member of the Melrose Historical Commission.

JUST LIKE NOW, medical personnel were on the front lines of the 1918 influenza epidemic that swept the globe.

By JIM BENNETT

MELROSE — This is not the first time that Melrose has faced down a lethal and highly contagious virus.

In…

 

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