Abstract:Air pressure records (1826-1920) exhibit the fact that high pressure periods, lasting a number of years, vary with similar periods of low air pressure. Changes in solar activity harmonize with and apparently cause such pressure periods. Influenza pandemics and pneumonia epidemics develop only during high pressure periods. Influenza pan
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