Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-12-21 | Page 13 | "Grip" is Disease without Country

"GRIP" IS DISEASE WITHOUT COUNTRY Special Cable to The Tribune. LONDON, Deo, 20. Grip Is a disease dis-ease without a country, according to a new book just issued which is devoted to tho malady. Every country tries to make it out a natlvo or another land. In Russia it 1b called Siberian fever, and ln Siberia, Chinese fever. In France it has been called Spanish catarrhs and Spain throws It back aa Hu3slan fevor. Tho tenn influenza came to be generally general-ly applied ln England to tho dlseaso, which wao successively known as "the new acquaintance," "the pontic correction," correc-tion," "tho new delight" and "the knock-mo-down fever" by a mistake. Eighteenth century Italian writers say Dr. Hopklrk opoko of "una Influonra dl freddo" (lnfluonco of cold), and English physicians, mistaking tho word Influenza for tho name of tho disease Itself, used it. Tho same term is also used In Germany, Ger-many, whoro a host of dialect namca still prevail, such as lightning catarrh and fog plague, Following is a list of some of tho names of influenra ln different countries Brazil Jamporlna polka fovor, Denmark Brystfober, flodfeber, imue-oyco, imue-oyco, faroenois krum. France La grippe (generally In use), also la cofjuotte, potlt courrier, la grenade, Italian fever, Spanish catarrh, Russian Influenza. Germany Sohafkranhelt (sheep's disease), dis-ease), rrjodeflcber (fashionable fever), P.usslche krankholt. Holland Zlnklngskoorts. Italy Morbo Russo (Russian malady), mal dl moutono (ohocp's dlseaso), malat-tta malat-tta tcdeaca (German sickness), Portugal Fobre dl chuva (rainy fever). Spain Infiuencla Ruaa, pantomlma, trancazo (a blow with a bar). Bweden Snufsjuka, nnuffleber. The Spanish nam, "trancazo" Is curious, curi-ous, and occurs also In France,' w'hore the disease was at one time called le tao or lo horlon. both meaning a blow on tho head. The superstitious considered that the epidemic wa3 a punishmont by Provl-donce Provl-donce visited on thoso who poralsted in olnglng a particularly ribald song then much In vogue, and whan anyone was elzod with Influenza his friends ro-l ro-l marked: "Ah! you havo sung tho Bong!"