{"id":9112,"date":"2020-03-17T18:16:14","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T18:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/17\/nurses-make-masks-to-combat-spanish-flu-1919\/"},"modified":"2020-07-22T11:20:50","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T16:20:50","slug":"nurses-make-masks-to-combat-spanish-flu-1919","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/17\/nurses-make-masks-to-combat-spanish-flu-1919\/","title":{"rendered":"Nurses Make Masks to Combat Spanish Flu (1919)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YEfY1UzLaag?autoplay=1&#038;controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>While doing some archival digging I came across this short clip showing Red Cross Nurses in Boston preparing gauze masks to wear while caring for those sick with the Spanish Flu in 1918-19. 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