Both Uses of
influenza
in
Cold Sassy Tree
- Sir, the first winter I was here, when I had the flu, Miss Mattie Lou came and bathed me every morning like she was my own mother.†
*the flu = influenza -- a highly contagious respiratory disease
- She said, "Hoyt, you haven't missed a meetin' since you had the flu ten years ago.†
Definition:
highly contagious respiratory disease commonly called the flu