- Scientists are preparing to exhume the body of a woman
who died of flu 85 years ago to find out how the virus killed millions
across Europe. Phyllis Burn died aged 20 in 1918, a victim of the 20th
Century's worst flu epidemic, which killed more than 30 million people.
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- She was buried in a lead coffin, thought to be virtually
airtight, in Twickenham, south-west London.
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- Scientists wearing protective clothing will remove lung
samples from the body.
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- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/3446389.stm
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