Monday, February 10, 1919

Bright. Cool. To college 8:30 to 2:30. Do not feel well. Have sore throat, head-ache, chills etc. Slept in P.M. H.H. out in P.M. Doped up and Retired 8 P.M. Thank God for all worldly pleasures and comforts.

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Stanford's symptoms are the beginnings of a serious bout of influenza, which affected a great many citizens of Schenectady and other cities around the world in 1918 and 1919.  Over 400 people died in Schenectady alone.  Here is a chart that plotted the deaths at the time:

 

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