Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-10-06 | Page 21 | New Influenza Assailed Ancients 400 Years B. C

i New Influenza Assailed Ancients Years B. B BC B.C. G C. S Scientists Believe Present Day D ay ill Malady alady Is Akin to Grippe of 90 1839 Which Also 1180 Atta Attached Spain Describe Symptoms of 0 1918 Disease I Washington Oct 5 SpanIsh Spanish Influenza 1 enza public health service scientists I believe belle is similar to the epidemic of at grippe which swept the countr country Jn An n th the tho winter of or 1889 and 1890 Probably this infection which after atter sweeping the war-torn war countries of or Europe has appeared in the United States Stages has an ancient his history ton taking It back to the da day of at Hippocrates and more moro than years cars before Christ The best means of ot treating treating- InflUenza Influenza enza cases Vero comm communicated to the country a few days das ago b by Surgeon eon General Blue through the Associated Press Now Xo General Blue has issued a leaflet leanet which thIch tells something about the strange malady Appear In I- I En East t Europe It seems probable that In 1918 as in 90 1889 the earliest appearance wa was was- as in eastern Europe It says un Uy By April cases were occurring on the western front In Spain according to reports 30 per cent of ot the population were at attacked attacked attacked at- at tacked in May Maj The rIte 1889 epidemic starting in northern Europe also fell heavily on Spain the present rul ruler r. r then 3 years old being one of ot the first attacked ed In Madrid The Tho king of or Spain is said also to have ha been at attacked attacked attacked at- at tacked in the present epidemic The epidemic of or Ins wa was at its height in Germany in June and July Juh It has appeared appeared ap ap- ap in practically every part of at Eu Eu- rope In England the epidemic prevailed prevailed prevailed pre pre- In its May Ia June and July Outbreaks have been reported from Crom various sections of oC the United States but the spread has been b by ng means means so rapid as In 1889 1859 when the thc disease occurred In America almost simultaneously simultaneously with Its Hs appearance in western Europe TIle The symptoms in the present pan pan- demic have been an acute onset often oCt n sudden with bodily weakness and pains In tho the head eyes back and eb else els- where In the bod body Vomiting ma may bea bea be a symptom of or onset and K IC frequent Chilly sensations are usua usual and tho the temperature Is la from to o 10 degrees the pulse remaining cons com low Sweating Is not quent The appetite is lost Jost and prostration prostration pros pros- Is la marked Constipation is tho rule Drowsiness and photophobia are arc common The fever Cever usually lasts from threet to five days but relapses are not uncommon and complications particularly particularly pulmonary aro are to be feared Th ThI death ra rat tF is usually given as eX- eX I low ow yet In the latter periods of an outbreak an increased number of deaths presumably duo to complications has been reported In Spain and the United States Besides bronchitis bronchitis bron bron- and and pneumonia Inflammation of the middle ear and cardiac weakness may follow the disease The short course of the fever al always always al- al ways less than seven days In uncomplicated uncomplicated influenza Is an aid in slit sis All ages are attacked young a ac active tive adults being especially ble In Germany there has been such sucha a preponderance of cases among the young that it Is supposed that the 1889 epidemic conferred an Immunity on most of those at present more than CO JQ years old This has not been observed cia elsewhere c ss here