| Show influenza once known as sleeping peeping malady ono has heard of influenza again tint bui luckily not of those dangerous forms known a few years back it was then thought a new and terri terrible blo disease was visiting mankind but it was soon established that it was but a fresh outbreak of what has been known for centuries As early as 1680 an epidemic referred to as Je sleeping malady was known which was vas no other than our influenza when alien it attacks the head it was again observed in in london in 1774 6 5 no less b a person elih than n isaac isaab newton made its ita acquaintance quain tane and the french name for it aa ja grippe first turned up alien its its meaning and derivation are just what one would suppose the verb gripper means tb ib seize seize the name influenza I 1 known own since 1733 means in influence fluence 1 and the thought is of the influence influent ce of the stars on human destiny this influenza is often referred to in the eighteenth pen century tury and south russia and astrachan were considered to be the source of tile the epidemic it is interesting that alit at this time the philosopher kant suggested that tho the sickness was produced by baleful insects which were introduced trod into western europe by trade with russia and that his view found approval with the medical f world of vienna manchester guardian |
