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• Columbia: On complaint of Sumter police authorities, W.S. Penn was arrested for representing himself as a physician and for selling influenza "cure" he said the government authorized him to sell; it is alleged he sold his "physic" to negroes in Sumter Co. ; Newspaper article ; 1

• The federal government and other states have issued requests for all available physicians to take jobs in communities nationwide as needed. Some areas of the U.S. are suffering very bad health-care staff shortages. Contact information is included. ; Newspaper article ; 16

• Government health instructions were sent to the local division of health today • The local division of health asks physicians to report in all cases of influenza • It is expected that federal and local cooperation will help to stem Spanish influenza• While it is said that thousands of Toledoans are afflicted with a mild form of the disease, there have been no deaths ; Newspaper article

• Surgeon General Blue has issued a statement describing job opportunities for physicians. Federal government organizations are suffering a lack of physician staff. ; Newspaper article ; 18

• Movie "Fit to Fight" shown at close of the 13th annual meeting of Medical Association of Southwest, about influenza's effect in the military. • Major John O. McReynolds of United States Medical Reserve Corps: "We can't hope to stamp out this as we would other diseases. You may as well make up your mind that it is going to last for some time. The important thin is for people not to get panicky." • It's decided that closing schools will have little effect on stopping epidemic, though military quarantines are thought effective, as the influenza is so dangerous to young adults ; Newspaper article ; 8

• Medical section of the State Council of Defenses received orders from the national defense council in Washington to mobilize military and civilian doctors to combat the epidemic.• A committee is named and organized to coordinate Illinois' efforts to deal with the influenza epidemic. The article identifies each member of the new committee.• Committee's first act is to form a team of physicians to be ready to act at committee's command against epidemic.• Dr. Drake, IL State Director of Public Health, said that it was "inevitable" that theaters, schools, and places of public gathering would have to be closed.• Highland Park, near Fort Sheridan, reported 400 new cases of flu.• 3 deaths reported in Waukegan. 3000 citizens in total are currently sick with flu.• Health department orders that flu patients should be isolated and will not be allowed to travel without prior permission (not clear whether these authorities in Waukegan or Chicago).• 57 die from flu at GLNTS yesterday. 133 new cases reported. Ban extended on furloughs. A total of 8,873 cases reported to-date.• In Chicago, 99 new cases and 7 deaths reported. Plus, 33 new cases and 10 deaths due to pneumonia. • Nurses will begin riding street cars wearing masks in effort to …[unable to read rest of sentence]. ; Newspaper article ; 13

• Atlantic City, NJ – many postponed convention meetings will be rescheduled in Atlantic City• Politicians and physicians visiting the resort to recuperate from epidemic ; Newspaper article ; 8

Doctors urged the Board of Health to implement measures to contain the spread of the disease. A recommendation is to allow physicians to order equipment and supplies to fight the disease. 424 railroad workers are sick and about 3120 on the Potomac division. 'The local Health Board, after communicating by telephone this afternoon with Dr. Dunott, who stated that the expenses in putting into force here the plans outlined would be borne by Washington county and not by the Federal Government, decided not to adopt the plan." ; Newspaper article ; 3

• Associated Press, Toledo, OH, December 14—• Toledo physicians working in army camps will be released to work in the city treating the approximately 6,000 cases. 42 percent of Toledo physicians are in the military.• 182 cases and seven deaths were reported. ; Newspaper article ; 7

• Krusen reports that "flare-back" of epidemic is not unusual• 260 physicians have already returned from military service• Information on flu orphans is being collected ; Newspaper article ; 11

Physician-pharmaceutical industry interactions continue to generate heated debate in academic and public domains, both in the United States and abroad. Despite this, recent research suggests that physicians and physicians-in-training remain uninformed of the core issues and are ill-prepared to understand pharmaceutical industry promotion. Furthermore, few medical curricula address this issue, despite warnings of the imperative need to address this gap in the education of tomorrow's physicians. There is a vast medical literature on this topic, but no single, concise resource. This book aims to fill that gap by providing a resource that explains the essential elements of this subject. The text makes the reader more aware of the key ethical issues and allows the reader to be a more savvy interpreter of industry promotion, have a heightened awareness of the public and medical legal consequences of some physician-pharmaceutical industry interactions, and be better equipped to handle real-life encounters with industry