| Show coughs cou 9 afta sneezes aprea d is eases ft As dangerous eats as ab ibison on 6 cas s shells in the head eyes e eayrs s back or other parts of the body nn an a feeling of severe sickness in amoss of the cases the symptoms disappear after three or tour four days the patient rit then I 1 acidly recovering some of the pa parents vats h however however I 1 develop pneumonia of inflammation gil of the ear or meningitis t and many ot of these complicated complicate d ca scAdIe whether tills this so called Sp aills influenza 6 A identical with tb the epidemics bics of influenza of earlier y years ears I 1 Is s no lyet t known ye epidemics of influx influenza n have ave visited tills this country since 1647 t Is interesting to know that this first ast epidemic was brought here aroln valencia spain since that almes there have been numerous of the disease in 1889 and isdo in epidemic of influenza starting som hr in tile lie orient spread first to hussla russia alq thence over practically t tile ent entire ire C alv idt world three beail later there was another flare up jibe disease both times the widely over the united fl although the present epidemic Is called spanish influenza there Is no reason to believe that I 1 originated in spain some writers who have studied the question believe abit the epidemic came from the orient frid they call attention to the fact the germans mention the disease along the eastern front in L he 11 e summer and fall of 1917 j how can Sp Span anit influenza be recognized agni zed there Is as yet ni nit certain way in which a single case att V spanish influenza can be recount td on the oth er hand recognition Is easy where there Is a group of ces aties in contrast to the outbreaks ca k 0 of f ordinary r coughs and colds weicht epidell us 1 lly occur in tile the cold months e cs s of influenza may occur at any sei son of the year thus the present epidemic cepl emic raged most intensely in europe I 1 t i may june and july moreover moreon er in ille lie case of ordinary colds the general symptoms fever pain depre flon are by no lucans as severe or is is sudden in their onse onset as they ire are 1 lit influenza 3 finally ordinary cold colda 1 l do lart aprem through gli the community BO rapidly or bo extensively as das ds influenza in most cases vii a person taken tick mick with influenza deev teeth welk rather sud ud denly ile he feels wl I 1 ahna pains in the eyes ears head of pack aach and may be tore more all over pany blany patients pat lenti f feel ee I 1 dizzy home vomit vom of the pa complain feeling chilly anil and with this comes fever in which hie temperature rise to to 11 da in most cases the p so se remains ly slow in appearance one is ie struck by thir th tact fact that the pa pat ent looks tick sick ills eyes and the inn r side of his eyelids may be slightly bloodshot 1 or congested 1 as tile the say any there may be runn running ingi from the nose or there may lie be soni awn cough these signs of it a cold may n t be marked nevertheless the looks and feels very sick t in addition A lc the appearance and the symptoms a already described examination of tl ti a 3 patients blood may sid aid the physician 1 in n recognizing spanish influenza t f r it has been found |
