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Show oneo last year, dohiy in providing ' money for eombr.l :n; tho dioaso was I in many oil ios and towns attended by t ho most disl iv5sin results. Another point touched upon by Pr. IUiio which holds wido interest for the people is that relating to possible immunity im-munity contYrrod by previous all a fits. This phase is treated briefly: Con-coming Con-coming tli-o. important question of immunity im-munity conferred by an attack of in-fhien.a, in-fhien.a, the ovideneo is not conclusive, but there is reason to believo that on' attack during the earlier stages of tho tf-pidomia confers a. considerable, but not absolute, immunity in tho later out brcflks. ' A reading of tho surgeon general 's report leads one to tho conclusion that two essentials are plainly evident: Po not permit yourself to become pauic-strieken; pauic-strieken; prepare to prevent an attack rather than wait to cure one. PREPAREDNESS. Tho most promising; way to deal with a possible recurrence of tho in-fluon.-.i epidemic is, to Mini it up in a single word, ' prepared ess, ' and now is the time to prepare." With this sentence Surgeon General Kupert lilue concludes a statement issued is-sued at Washington regarding tlv Uhe-lih.ood Uhe-lih.ood of tho reappearance of the in-fluen.'.a in-fluen.'.a this fall and winter. Surgeon General H!uo tliiuks a recurrence re-currence of the disease is probable, but in Vss se ere form than that of lat year. So far as tlie most careful scientific sci-entific investigation of the government agencies havo been able to determine, there has born no euro or specific discovered. dis-covered. The si:g;;c;cd remedies which givo most encouragement are oven now in their oxjvrimental ?tago. Tvidcnco collected Inst winter, says the surgeon general, points strongly to infected eating and drinking u'.iwls, especially in laee where food an 1 drink .ire sold to the public, as being one of the modes of transmission of tho disea'sO. The public health serviee suggests sug-gests the enactment and enforcement of laws to prevent this form of communication com-munication as ono of tl" best slepi that can be taken now. Tho theory advanced in 10 IS that tho in flu en 7 germs had been brought to this country from abroad is not m:b. stautiated in the statement, and pre-vious pre-vious minor outbreaks are cited to show that the grrm had been in the United St ates for t he las t h ree yea ri. Despite tho fact that there is r.'i'l j sotno uncertainty as to the uat.re of th mioro-orgnnum cauir.g pandemic influen7a, the stntetrrr.t continue., it lis certain that the d isra-n is commun irabV from per-ion to person, as, moreover, more-over, judging from experience in other diseases, it is probable that tlM- germ, whatever its nature, is carried aboat not only by tho. so who have the infill in-fill c n 7 a , but a 1 o by persons who are entirely well. U erythitig which increases in-creases personal contact, tli-rrefore, should b re-arded as a factor in spreading tlio disease. (;n tlie nl ;o .- , of "fP.i'' masks, i about, the wearing of which controversies controver-sies of the most bitter hind w a god in inn u me nib !--e communities, the l j rgeon general offers t!m following opinion; Much was luarcl Iaf winter of the ha rf face n:.T);n, Thouch fl.e us. of ftu'i-fthiv ftu'i-fthiv eon" I'll t eil ir,: "ki will riiluce thn llilTeh:iiiK i-t r".piral..i v K.-rmn tlir-oinh lull. i n I Ion. It mufit I. ii rnininlr"i) Hint (hero nt" ruinv nijn r iihi hv v ni. h Much ir-n.iti ni" 1 1 :t hfonl 1 1 - i fi-an t-ni to j.eitrui. iii,ih, I'l'tuni'tn diln!;- In C iiipt', Inipf'-nerly el- ne.l cm t Inn1 mnl Irmki'k ut'n.hi in r t r urant . s-.iliv f"untal!.-, rt". rM'-r tnweis. tufreleil fi x.'I 1 h n re nf I v a feu if t ht f ui- ni on Hii' 1 n i t i; i in I l'i n. m I-"-Woi . 'I he u-'e "f f.ic" innkn tiMnairs In inrilte. 't liel.-,-t I (,' - Ot hT jmt i)S (,f Inf-e-tl'in, fni tim ue f.f f.ir e. tn .wldi Jim n'l lien Ht'endTj ultli tlio Muei'MN pretllr teil for them. If wo uoiiiij ho mine nuct-ess- ful in ''unh:' 1 1nc influenza Kieter mii-n-t Ion mu t hn i ll to I ho fuet'irs Ju( enunnrutf'1. Discus lug the preventives steps tliat, nuglit to bn taken, Dr. Uluo says there should bo no repetition of the rxtrn--,ivo suffering and dUlresi which lie- ! r ompa n i d last y op r 'h ejiide in i r. Cum. iauni'i''4 simuld make plans at. oricn fur d' aling w ith any reeurrem e of thn div r:ne, Tho prompt, rerogni I Ion nf the ea rl V cases mid their c f f ee t i vo i'.nla - tion should be nimefl nt. Tn this eon-nertinn, eon-nertinn, attention is culled (n the fa. t. it lint the ca'S may uppe.ir to be only ord.iiarv cnlds. A recent. e1ensi' outbreak out-break of what, vern regarded s "mini- , tu r-r coI-Ih" ii) I'curiH, III., proved, n.m jn i 'if i;'.'it ion, to b'i an epideinlc of mild t j.o nf influetirT. " bxperienc pro i, ' ' .i ' s I ho run germ general, "that 1 1 mild epidemics nr" of I en ' ),,. -.tail, U;' p"J n I i "f Ml"! e sr ei o i. I'.iiiotis. 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