Show history of influenza by well known medical man diw dr 8 L burton aar of the y new mexico air medical 7 society in october of last ear ww prepared a paper w which has been quite generally W published diw we www have not a sufficient w ve space w to give abw the entire paper but i have diw clipped m a few paragraphs v which may be wf of interest to some of our readers 07 the v doctor aff says aiyu that the first re i cord of WA influenza was registered fiffis aay 13 C P that r history reveals epidemics aw of the disease during twy each wiuf century since that jf time aff and he thinks that influenza wy will return at intervals 77 in epidemic form until the end of ff time w dr burton KW first wy aff gives 47 the lymp caf which y are familiar ofaf ff af to most people w then ff from the medical stand y point tells what suy easy causes influenza 06 isa ile Wt sacs that practically 1 everyone w N immune a from aw the y disease vs after w the 7 first attack and in aw his opinion sf 7 the K person v aaa aaz over w 40 ifray who if yay for WT some reason was immune in 1919 azy must have previously aw had the disease i the d of the was disease ff he wi W Is easy during an epidemic but very difficult WV in intervals ff beleen be teen f y epidemics ff wiy during re the latter 0 period irany yr mistakes are TV made esiff in biag as as dr diw burton ay s paper v in w part h fol lows much liis li 7 is been written in the medi wy cal journals concerning z mild aw influent za during september jy af aay march and apr I 1 the vr thought y Is why y is the disease mild at this ff time of the y vear aya it Is because w of the near ap w preach to summer aw beat if tai s is a f fact 7 use i w summer aa heat wis in the treat vy ment joiy of the disease af during the fall at 0 d wicy winter such heat may be cecur ed by the use r of stoves ff steam heat lot air or hot water ta ww also it is not rational ff to 77 treat ff a W patient WW in the as open who fr has a lowered resistance due ff to prostration 17 exhaustion 27 and 7 wis body fatigue r by diw influenza and t ay still further wr lower the resistance yes istance if of the w patient i to the unknown and various jacw af flora alwi that accompanies sy ff the disease and which 5 f multiply 2 so wa rapidly under such conditions y yv ass but are caf almost ea by summer heat w I 1 have had very little aw experience in vaccinating afi v persons 7 who have aff been exposed ear to influenza alowis I 1 only ff a used iffa it for members of the vaskew vAs family yew who were exposed msty and so far as I 1 has able to w detect 0 I 1 ff do not believe ai vaccination protected a single person from yaz contracting the disease aff I 1 w vaccinated rf all members ff esav of the atoff fain fly except small children 47 4 7 as soon as a iwas d ww was jazwa made i I 1 pres isted ff i in aei the use of vaccine asare because ff the patients usually showed an improve anent within 24 hours after a its use yap and persons awis who waffy waff were vaccinated 7 ler run baw a milder 7 course than ya those s who 1 refused the patient must avoid exposure to draughts from windows and doors 7 1 cep the room at a uniform tempera ture and the sick well covered to i prevent the least to chill v ing the body permit bathing only when very necessary for cleaning 1 purposes attendants instructed to use the bed pan for kidney and 1 I bowel movements and all changes of the gowns sheets and bedding to be made with the patient under cover t and all doors and windows closed f treated in well venelia ed rooms at a uniform temperature of 70 degrees fahrenheit will not develop pneumonia in a room kept at this temperature jaff the influenza ba fey cillus Is clinically chini cally destroyed w or in ly 7 fluen 4 ced by the temperature to the extent that it will not arffa infect arf the ff nurse pey aay or aksa persons who aff may be ex posed avay to the germs of the patient the wa patients are given a liquid diet until the temperature isy 1 subsides f at that time the diet Is gradually s increased VV to normal I 1 make avos my patients go to bed and remain v there s for three days after aff the fever sub ew sides all are required to remain one week longer in a room at s a uniform temperature of 70 a degrees ayvis fah by which time aff the 5 patient has ff made W a 7 complete recovery it Is necessary to furnish 2 the nurse with a weather thermometer to carry iby out the 7 above treatment successfully I 1 treated cases of influenza on these skyey lines with no complication aa of pneumonia 7 1 0 deaths and having had but two calls at 7 night afe and no consultations feas during the epidemic I 1 am 42 convinced that pneumonia Is prevented by this treatment the influenza bacillus is killed or so influenced 2 by the heat that persons coming 33 in contact with the bacillus 7 will not be infected this latter has been verified f s by the co operation of the 7 w school ants and managers of public places where people meet PW with the ff result W that influenza disappeared in our vs community vim by the first of february the theory Is also substantiated 71 by the fact that epidemics of influenza in ahe united states w haie subsided v hen the temperature 0 f 3 0 u r s CO antry reaches the s U ni m e r leat it is safer to 7 attend school and church if the buildings are well ventilated and heated at iso an 1 l even temperature of 70 degrees fall a than to walk W the streets 7 of a city |