Loring Miner Explained

Loring Miner
Birth Date:1860
Birth Place:Kansas
Death Date:30 September 1935
Death Place:Kansas
Education:Ohio University

Loring Vinton Miner (1860–1935) was an American physician who is most notable for being the first in the world to identify and describe the Spanish flu.[1]

Early life and education

Loring Miner was born in 1860 in Kansas.[2]

He graduated from Ohio University.[3] He received his M.D. from Columbus Medical College, in 1886.[4]

He was also self taught in ancient Greek and could easily read classics in the original language.[5]

Career

He began his medical practice in Haskell County, Kansas in 1885.[3] Although he owned one of the first automobiles in this rural area, he relied on a horse and buggy to make house calls at farms and villages throughout the county.[6]

In addition to being a physician, he also served as the county's coroner for a time, as well as county health officer and as a chair in the county's chapter of the Democratic Party.[3] He also owned a grocery store and drugstore.

Spanish flu

In 1918, he became the first person in the United States to report the outbreak of the Spanish flu to the US Health Service.[7] Following the severe illness and death of an elderly woman patient, his practice was besieged with numerous patients, including young and formerly healthy people, suffering with similar symptoms.

Due to the efforts of Loring Miner, it has been theorized that the Spanish flu originated in Kansas.[8]

Death

He died in an automobile crash in Sublette, Kansas, on 30 September 1935.[9] He is buried in the Valley View Cemetery, Garden City, Kansas.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Barry. John M. 2004-01-20. The site of origin of the 1918 influenza pandemic and its public health implications. Journal of Translational Medicine. 2. 1. 3. 10.1186/1479-5876-2-3. 1479-5876. 340389. 14733617 . free .
  2. Web site: Dr Loring Vinton Miner (1860-1935) - Find A Grave.... www.findagrave.com.
  3. Web site: Dawes. Sydney. Aug 5, 2020. Miner, man of medicine and Ohio University grad, played research role in 1918 pandemic. The Athens NEWS.
  4. Web site: Loren V. Miner. 2022-02-11. www.ksgenweb.org.
  5. Book: Barry, John M.. The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History. August 27, 2020. Penguin Books Limited. 9780241991572. Google Books.
  6. Book: Arnold, Catharine . Pandemic 1918: Eyewitness Accounts from the Greatest Medical Holocaust in Modern History . 2018-08-28 . St. Martin's Publishing Group . 978-1-250-13945-0 . en.
  7. Web site: How a killer flu spread from western Kansas to the world . . 23 February 2018 .
  8. Web site: The Influenza Pandemic and The War. www.kumc.edu.
  9. Book: Carroll, Andrew . Here is where: Discovering America's Great Forgotten History . 2013 . Crown Archetype . 978-0-307-46397-5 . 332 . en.