Madison Historical Society Presents - Dr. John Salaki - "The Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919" - October 17, 2017

Historical Society Presents “Dr. John Salaki: The Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919”

MADISON – On Tuesday, October 17th, Dr. John Salaki will speak at the Madison Historical Society on “The Influenza Pandemic of 1918 - 1919”. Salaki’s presentation will take place in the Chase Room of the Madison Public Library beginning at 7:15 PM. Light refreshments will be available from 7:00 PM. The presentation is open to the public, and there is no admission charge.

“This will be our second presentation in the Society’s 2017 – 2018 program year,” stated society vice president and programs chair, Jim Malcolm. “Our speaker is a noted internist and specialist in infectious disease. Dr. Salaki graduated from the UMDNJ Medical School at Newark in 1971 and is currently affiliated with the Morristown Medical Center.”

Dr. John Salaki will talk about the influenza or flu pandemic of 1918 to 1919. This was the deadliest in modern history, and infected an estimated 500 million people worldwide. That was about one-third of the planet’s population at the time. It killed an estimated 20 million to 50 million victims. New Jersey was not immune from the disease. In a matter of months, thousands of Garden State Citizens died.

The Madison Historical Society’s role is to assemble, record, and preserve all matters of historical interest concerning Madison and its residents. Formed in 1922 to preserve the old Bottle Hill Tavern, the Society has organized a significant collection of historic documents, maps and photographs over the intervening years. These are housed at the Local History Center at the Madison Public Library. For more information about the Society or to inquire about membership, call 973-377-0722, ext 8 or visit the Society’s website at www.madisonhistoricalsociety.org.