The disease detectives investigate Britain’s only memorial to the Spanish flu pandemic, which leads them to the diary of flu fighter Dr. Basil Hood - offering a rare insight into the experiences of the brave medics who served on the frontline of the 1918 influenza pandemic.

Presented by Mark Honigsbaum @honigsbaum and Hannah Mawdsley @HannahMawdsley

With:

Professor John Oxford, Blizzard Institute, Queen Mary College, London. Scientific Director, Oxford Media Medicine www.oxfordmediamedicine.co

You can visit the ‘Influenza Pandemic Window – Heroes and Heroines of 1918-19’ in the medical library of the Royal London Hospital. https://projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/thehistorian/2017/10/06/through-a-glass-brightly-whitechapels-pandemic-window/

Dr. Basil Hood’s diary can be viewed by appointment at the Wellcome Collection. www.wellcomecollection.org

‘Spanish Flu: Nursing During History’s Deadliest Pandemic’ is running from 21st September 2018 – 16th June 2019 at The Florence Nightingale Museum, London www.florence-nightingale.co.uk

The series is produced by Melissa FitzGerald @Melissafitzg

Cover art by Patrick Blower www.blowercartoons.com

Dr. Basil Hood voiced by Will Huggins https://voiceovers.mandy.com/uk/voice-artist/profile/will-huggins-1

‘Going Viral’ is supported by Wellcome www.wellcome.ac.uk / @wellcometrust

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