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taylorocz
taylorocz
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High School - 10th Grade

What disease was Edward dying of before he was changed?

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Posted by taylorocz on Thursday September 10, 2009 at 1:44 PM and tagged with 1918, disease, edward, flu, spanish influenza, twilight.

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  1. lystae
    lystae Student
    College - Freshman

    Edward was dying of the Spanish Influenza.

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    Posted by lystae on Thursday September 10, 2009 at 8:55 PM

  2. slchanmo1885
    slchanmo1885 Teacher
    High School - 10th Grade

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    In 1918, a Spanish Influenza (flu) epidemic hit our country hard, killing thousands of people. This is a true piece of history that Stephenie Meyer included in her work. Edward Masen and his family became sick like so many others across the country. However, their doctor was Carlisle Cullen. When Edward's mother Elizabeth was dying, she told Carlisle to save Edward, saying, "what others cannot do, that is what you must do for my Edward." Carlisle turned Edward into a vampire, as Edward was dying of the flu anyway. Today, we have medicines and vaccines that can usually prevent death from the flu, but back then if your body didn't naturally fight it off, you would die. Carlisle knew that Edward was dying, so he turned him, as per Elizabeth's dying wish. I am attaching an interesting site below so you can read about the real history behind the flu epidemic. 

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    http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/

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    Posted by slchanmo1885 on Sunday September 13, 2009 at 5:08 PM

  3. dadsgirlambino
    dadsgirlambino Student
    College - Sophomore

    the spanish influenza

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    Posted by dadsgirlambino on Sunday October 4, 2009 at 4:49 PM


  4. skymelancholicdreams Student
    High School - 12th Grade

    the spanish influenza. he was really strong and managed to live longer that his mother but if not for carlisle then he would've died.

     

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    Posted by skymelancholicdreams on Sunday November 8, 2009 at 4:15 AM