Survivors of the Spanish Flu ..quite an interesting list

[SoCalDem]

Had a few of these people not lived, imagine the historical consequences:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_flu_pandemic#Notable_fatalities

* Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1879–1952), Queen of Denmark<40>
* Walter Benjamin, (1892-1940) German-Jewish philosopher and Marxist literary critic.<71>
* Walt Disney (1901–1966), cartoonist.<40>
* Peter Fraser (1884–1950), New Zealand prime minister.<40>
* David Lloyd George (1863–1945), British prime minister.<40>
* Lillian Gish (1893–1993), early motion picture star.<72>
* Freidrich Hayek (1899-1992), economist and Nobel Laureate
* Joseph Joffre (1852–1931), French World War I general, victor of the Marne.<40>
* Prince Maximilian of Baden (1867–1929), Chancellor of Germany during the armistice.<40>
* William Keepers Maxwell, Jr. (August 16, 1908–July 31, 2000) American novelist and editor
* Edward Munch, (1863–1944) Norwegian painter.<73>
* Georgia O'Keeffe, (1887-1986) American modernist painter.<74>
* John J. Pershing (1860–1948) American general.<40>
* Mary Pickford (1892–1979), early motion picture star.<40>
* Katherine Anne Porter (1890–1980), Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer<40>
* Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945), American president<40>
* Haile Selassie (1892–1975), Emperor of Ethiopia.<21>
* Leo Szilard (1898–1964), nuclear physicist, discoverer of the nuclear chain reaction.<75>
* Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1859–1941)<40>
* Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924) American president.<40>

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Didn't know FDR had it -- that AND polio?

Three of my great aunts/uncles died of it. That must have been horrendous for their parents; they were all just teenagers. Sometimes I wonder about the relatives I might have had if they'd lived.

[SoCalDem]

2. My aunt had diptheria, undulent fever and scarlet fever

all things we never heard of anymore.. you had to be tough to survive back then:)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Heck, *I* had scarlet fever.

That was some nasty shit -- I was in bed for about ten days, had the worst sore throat ever. The doctor made a house call (they did in those days) and loaded me up with penicillin. But I haven't heard of anybody getting that in years.

[JanusAscending]

4. I had Undulent fever...

from unpasturized cow's milk. We had a dairy farm in Delancy N.Y. when I was little. Guess I was a sick little girl. I recall lots of "mustard plasters, and cod liver oil...come to think of it, castor oil too, and "Uncle Johns Cough syrup" Nastiest tasting stuff in the world!!!