Stacking the coffins: influenza, war and revolution in Ireland

A 'mysterious malady'-or a 'perfect storm'?

The flu: a news perspective

Counting the ill and the dead

'Managing' the crisis

The doctors' view: medical puzzle, politics and search for cures

Hospitals and other institutions: coping with crises

Dying and surviving: eye witnesses

Influenza as a political tool

Epilogue: the long aftermath.