Michael Bresalier, Modern Flu: British Medical Science and the Viralisation of Influenza, 1890–1950 London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2023. Pp. xxvii + 458. ISBN 978-1-137-33953-9. £95.00 (hardcover).

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• "Influenza is a virus. Of its four genera, three infect humans... How did we come to ‘know’ this? This is the question that Michael Bresalier aims to answer in his wonderful new book." Thanks to Jim H [bsky, 4 points, 0 comments]

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