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Wilmer Krusen was public health director of Philadelphia during the 1918 influenza epidemic, a time when politics in the city were known for widespread corruption. Krusen is perhaps best known for his decision to authorize the Liberty Loan parade against the advice of medical advisors, a decision which helped spread deadly influenza throughout the city quickly.
Wilmer Krusen Quotes in The Great Influenza
The The Great Influenza quotes below are all either spoken by Wilmer Krusen or refer to Wilmer Krusen. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 19
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Two days after Philadelphia’s Liberty Loan parade, Wilmer Krusen had issued that somber statement, that the epidemic in the civilian population “was assuming the type found in naval stations and cantonments.”
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Wilmer Krusen Quotes in The Great Influenza
The The Great Influenza quotes below are all either spoken by Wilmer Krusen or refer to Wilmer Krusen. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 19
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Two days after Philadelphia’s Liberty Loan parade, Wilmer Krusen had issued that somber statement, that the epidemic in the civilian population “was assuming the type found in naval stations and cantonments.”
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