As the summer starts to wind to a close, we’ve still probably got another couple heat spikes coming our way (if you’re not in one already). Check out what the Reverend Dionysius Lardner had to say on heat in 1833:
Because it’s hayfever season! Goldenrod — as seen in this lovely plate from the 1925 North American wild flowers — is gorgeous but for some people, it’s just a yellow flag to haul out the antihistamines.
…race. As you can see, this is a bit of a metadata trick question: “race” can be used to mean a number of things and it can be an accurate usage every time, but a high-level search engine like this one doesn’t differentiate.
Anyone having stomach troubles?
It’s important to remember among all the focus on COVID19 that other illnesses continue to exist as usual — for example, many of us are experiencing the fun that is seasonal allergies right now (with an additional helping of extra glares when we happen to sneeze in public).
Check out all our holdings on hay fever here!
…fever. Over 3,000 items related to fever, in point of fact.
Given the current topic on everyone’s mind, we thought we’d look back on the posts we have about influenza and gather them here for some historical context.
A quarantine notice from 1879, probably from Pensacola, Florida, or thereabouts, related to a ban against incoming traffic from New Orleans.
