A Look Back in Our Circuit's Rear View Mirror
October 1918 proved to be the peak of the influenza pandemic in Miami. The fear of contracting the disease spurred on communitywide efforts to impede its spread and to provide treatments for those afflicted with it.
February 22, 2021 at 09:02 AM
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On Oct. 15, James T. Sanders, a judge in South Florida's 11th Judicial Circuit, died. The 51- year-old, two-year judicial veteran of the criminal court languished in a hospital room for 10 days before succumbing to the pandemic's wrath. Sanders, one of the best-known lawyers in Dade County, died in 1918, a victim of the "Spanish Influenza" pandemic that was in the midst of ravaging the world's population and was now taking its toll throughout Florida.
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