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Show MARK C. WILKINSON, Salt Lako uoy with tlio sanitary ctc-I ctc-I tacliiucnt of tho 145th field artillery, artil-lery, describes treatment of disease in army camps ill France. ro, "wj v- " 11 s I r . ,t-- -d i EXPLAINS HOW 145TH TREATS Mm FLU Member of Sanitary De- tachment With Utah Regiment Writes.' Something; of the experiences of the sanitary detachment of the 1-b'dh field artillery ar-tillery (First Utah) in dealing with tho influenza Is contained in a letter received yesterday by 3VIr. and Mrs. AV. 11. "Wilkinson, "Wilkin-son, 1374 South Tenth last street, from their son, Mark . Wilkinson. 0. member of that organization. A record lor the handling of the disease was made by the regiment, there having been only fourteen deaths out of a total of lfiOO cases The methods used by the sanitary detachment in the care of the boys and the prescriptions prescrip-tions of the army doctors are contained in the letter. In part the letter reads: "tf you only knew what a time we have had with it (influenzal you will all be on the lookout for It. Take lots of 'laxative 'laxa-tive and keep the nose and throat washed out with hot salt water. Do it five or six times a day. "If any of you get the symptoms of it start taking calomel in one-half grain doses every half hour for five doses- and then two hours after the last dos". tahe epsom salts. Later begin taking Jive grains of asperln and five grains of quinine qui-nine as one dose. Take this every three hours until live doses have been taken and in the meantime keep in the open as much as possible and away from a hot room. ";o to bed outside if possible, tiie main thing being to keep dry and warm, with lots of fresh air. "Look out for the setback. That is wdi.at gets 'cm. They feel fine for two or three da s and then the fever jumps to 1'.2 or in:j degrees. "To build up after an attack take some tonic, after each meal in water. Nine cases out of ten suffer from codgh and a lame back after having had an attack. Take asperin for three or four days and it usually relieves it. "We have been In quarantine ever since we hit the camp, but ft will not be long now before we aro out. Only three cases in the regiment today (October 30. "Tell all the mothers not to worry, as the little old sanitary detachment is'tak-ing is'tak-ing the best -of care of their bovs and that they will be all right from now on. We stili hold the wonderful record of fourteen four-teen cases lost out of iXOO. "Am writing this with my gas mask on. as we have just had a gas alarm. The damn things are sure a nuisance, but they are our best friends." |