| Show UNCLE baws ADVICE ON FLU U S public health service issues official health bulletin on influenza LATEST WORD ON OLN SUBJECT EpI epidemic demlo probably not spanish in origin germ still unknown peo pie pic should guard against droplet infection surgeon general blue makes authoritative statement washington D C special although king alfonso of spain was one af pf of the victims ot of the influenza epidemic in 1893 1803 and again this summer bummer spanish authorities repudiate any claim to influenza as a spanish disease if the people of this country do not take care the tha epidemic will become so widespread throughout the united states that soon we shall hear tho the disease called american influenza L anz a in response to a request for definite information concerning spanish influenza surgeon general rupert blue of the U S public health service has authorized the following official interview what Is spanish influenza Is ie it something new does it coroa corne from spain the disease now occurring in this country and called spanish influenza resembles a very contagious kind of cold accompanied by feam deveo pains I 1 coughs and sneezes spread diseases 4 1 As Dangev dangerous ous as poison G gas shells in the head eyes ears back or other parts of the body and a feeling of soi sei seere secre ere cre sickness in most of the casos caso s the symptoms disappear ear after three or four days the patient then rapidly reco reca ar ing some of the patients bolever bo howe wever vcr develop pneumonia or inflammation ot of the ear or meningitis and many ot of these complicated cases die whether tills this so bo called spanish influenza la Is identical ith the epidemics of influenza of 0 earlier years Is not yet known epidemics of influenza have visited this country since 1047 ac 17 it Is interesting to know that this first epidemic was aa brought here from crom Valen cht sp spain a in since that time there have been numerous epidemics of 0 tile the disease in IM and 1890 an epidemic of influenza starting g somewhere in the orient spread first to russia anil and thence over practically the entire civilized world three years later there was another flarv flan up of the disease both times the epidemic spread widely over the united states although tho present epidemic Is called spanish influenza there Is nt D Z U reason to bel bellene leile that it originated in spain some soma writers who ibave studied the question belleve believe that the epidemic come came from tie the orient and they call cal I 1 attention to the fact that the germans mention the disease as occurring along the eastern front in the summer and fall of 1917 how can spanish be rec zed there Is as yet to no certain way in which a single case ot of spanish influenza can be recognized on the other hand band rec ion to lg easy w wi dere iere there Is a group of cases in 1 ill l to the outbreaks of ordinary boug is and colds usually occur in th cold months epidemics of influenza may occur at any season of tile the year thus the present epidemic raged most intensely in lurose in may alay juno june and july moreover in the case of ordinary colds the general symptoms JOv even elx pain depression are by no meats as severe or as sudden in their onset as they are in influenza finally ordinary colds do cot bot spread through the community so rapidly or to so extensively as does influenza in most cases a person taken sick with influenza feels sick rather suddenly ile he feels weak has pains in the eyes ears head or back and may be sore all over abany patients feel dizzy some agomo vomit most ot of the patients I 1 complain of feeling chilly and with this comet comes ift a fever in which the temperature rles rises to to in most cases the pulse remains relatively slow alow in appearance one Is struck by t the he fact that the patient looks sick ills his eyes and the inner side of his eyelids may bo be slightly bloodshot or congested as ag the doctors say there may be running from the n nose ose or there may be some cough these signs of a cold may not be marked nevertheless the patient looks and feels very a ick in addition to the appearance ond and the symptoms no as already described examination of hie file patients pat lents blood mn amny nad the physician lu ill recognizing spanish influenza fur it has haa been becu found founds I 1 ahat ha t in this Ii the hie number of if I 1 while title corpuscles corpus cles shows little or no increase adione the normal it Is ble that tile ild 1 oratory now being befog made the Nat nathinal linal ite sea I 1 il council abill file slates hygienic will furnish ii a wore inore in liali hillal cases of oc this disease diso iise can lie be recognized what la Is the course of the disease do people die of it 10 ordinarily the hie fever lasts from three to four dabs and the li patient atiel re overe hut but while nall tile lie proportion of deaths in the present epidemic lifts bas generally been low in some places the lie outbreak has been severe and denolia hae been numerous when death occurs it is usually the of a complication what causes the disease ili sease and how hov la Is it spread bacteriologists vw alho have studied influenza epidemics in tile the past have found in many of 0 tile lift cases a net ry y small rod shaped germ anlu cal lell il fitter after its discoverer rf elffers bacillus i it in other cases of 0 apparently the same kind of disease there were found the germs of 0 lobar pneumonia still others have been caused by streptococci and by others germs with long names no matter what bat particular kind of germ gerin causes the epidemic it 1 Is now believed that influenza Is always spread from person to pe person the germs being carried with nith the air along with the very small email droplets of 0 mucus expelled by coughing or sneezing forceful talking and the like by one who already has the germs of 0 the disease ease they may also be carried about in the air in the form of dust coming from dried mucus from coughing and sneering Ing or from careless people who spit on the floor and on the sidewalk As in most other catching dis rates a person who lias has only a mild attack of the disease himself may give a very severe attack to others what should be done by those who catch the disease it la Is very important that every person who becomes sick with influenza should go home at once and go to bed this will help keep ary any dangerous complications and will tit at the same time tyrue leep keep the patient from scattering the disease tar far and wide it Is highly bight desirable that no one be allowed to sleep in the same room with tie patient in tact fact no one but the nurse should be allowed in the room if there Is cough and sputum or running of the ebes and nose tare care should be taken that all such discharges tire are collected on bits of gauze 0 rag or paper napkins anti and burned it if the patient complains of fever and headache tie he should be given water to lo drink a cold compress to the forc licad and a light sponge only such modi cine should be aken as Is prescribed by the doctor it Is foolish to ash the druggist to prescribe and may be dangerous to take the so called safe sure and harmless rei remedies edies advertised by patent medicine manufacturers it if the patient Is so situated that he ha can be attended only by some one who must also look after others in lie he filmily family it is advisable that such attendant wear a vi Nr rapper apper apron or gown goin ocr the ordinary house clothes while la in the sick room and slip this off when alien leaving to look after tte tle others nurses and attendants will III do well to guard against breathing in alinger ous disease germs by wearing a simple faid of gauze or mask while near tho the patient V ill a person who has had influenza before catch the disease again it Is 19 well known that an attack of measles or scarlet fever or smallpox usually protects a person against another attack of the same game disease this appears not dot to be true of spanish influenza flu enza according to newspaper reports the he king of spain suffered an attack of influenza during the epidemic thirty y years ago and was again stricken during the recent outbreak in 11 how can one guard against influenza in guarding a against disease of a all kinds it Is important that the body be kept strong and able to fight off disease germs this can be done by having a proper proportion of work play I 1 i and rest by keeping the body well nell clothed and by eating eaten sufficient wholesome find and properly selected food in connection with diet it Is well to remember that milk Is one of the best il around foods obtainable for adults ta As n 11 ll as children so far as it i its influenza Is concerned health i ise ase ilk lk k recognize the a authorities atlon 10 beann between een it alts ea d v very cr S close rei astle spit homes w whal h lt 1 ls s a and d 0 overcrowded v brer ordet ble especially in not it always poss to avoid such 4 times like the ild consider overcrowding people at the health danger an and d wake every effort to reduce tho the home L T fresh os ing to a minimum the value ofa 01 air through open windows cannot can lot be over emphasized when crowding is unavoidable aa 08 in street cars care should be ba taken to keep tho the face so turned as not to 10 lo hale directly the air breathed out ba by another person it la 18 especially important to beware of tho the person ubo ft ho coughs or sneezes without covering tit his mouth atia and nose it also follows that one should keep out of crowds tind anil stuffy places as touch much as possible keep homes and workshops well alred aired spend some time out of coors each day walk to work if at all practicable tri in short ninke every po isible effort to breathe breath as much pure a yr as 83 possible in nit all health matters follow tho the advice of your doctor and obey tho the regulations of your local and st state ate hell health ith officers cover up each cough and sneeze c 6 if yov you dont spread dis disease caz |
