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Who was Agnes Inkster?

It started with an email from a colleague. Emma Prescott had read one of my blogs about the Spanish flu from back at the start of the Pandemic. Curious people had been emailing about its impact. How long did it last? How did the community cope? Luckily, the historic Salmon Arm Observer was full of medical references, including Nurse Inkster who opened the first hospital in Salmon Arm. Emma was on a mission, researching the graduates of the Winnipeg General Hospital (now the Health...

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