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Show INFLUENZA FOUND IN THREE DIFFERENT FORMS SI UIENT1F1C investigations marie by medical men throughout the country coun-try have brought them to the conclusion con-clusion t ha t t ro i nflueiv.a infection infec-tion now epidemic in the United States manifests its effects in three stages oin forms and Is progressive in its virulence. The primary and secondary stages or forms arc not serious to the patient, but the tertiary Rt,:ge is highly f.ual. It has been found that a person -oin rn cling the mala dy fit" m a pa t lent iiaiuu' it in Il;- primary stage nmally I develop? it in the Fccondarv r ten ia ry j Mag-, thus indicating that tho disrate b comes more ir u U nl and mon- ag-! ag-! gr.ivale-l as il in passed along from in-j in-j dividual to individual or from group to group. This is some entirelv new informa lion i oncer ii i ng the epidemic which bus been reeej r d by medical nut hot-it ics here from scientific investigators who have not yr made public a nnouncement of tin ir findings. Careful observation has indicated that. hou t S'" per cent of those contracting the dlsra.se develop the primary stage, about I.S per cent develop Hie secondary Ktage ;md Hhoul 'i per cent get the nibid'1 in the ternary st ige From 40 to rt'i per .en! r f the tmrv sb.ee rr.s prove fiit.tl. de.1h being due to st fepl fn occlc pneumonia, the mo--! virulent form of pul i non a ry pneu iithiih . Appaiently persons who develop the prini.ii or secondary stages, taking pr ipe r ch re of I he ni vlvrp, reco rr from fh disenw In thrte to four day and .v- in i in one to the ot her si ages of t lie dlse;of. Careful observation has seemed Mo demonstrate the correct iip.'-s of (his j i mm it ni.a t ion theory, ns palwris who h;i the primary slag. and throw it off I apparently, do not i:ike the Heeiuidary ot I tetiiicry form and persons developing I the seiondriry tite me not subject to either rf the other two itagew. The I dlse.is" H not fatal in either th primary or se.-oinlary sttiqn, but is highiy o In t lie. : nrt It i f st a ge. I , .in 'lit. stratUm of the peewlhir props -jirnMon of the Infection hus hn found jtlvt it. a Ktoiip of ir.fi men iiIhhiI 1 on j Mill develop the dlsf.;t.- 1)1 th pr.itury ltjite. nboiit thirty-five will develop tli .'condr stnye ;md ebout fifteen a-i have th. ternary slaae nith IfcM to nil'" deaiha among this number. 'J lie germs, It i- tald, Hfm to gUhff strength and virulence In the individual and when they are transmitted to another an-other they produce a more active and virulent form of the malady, tiie vim- 1 lem e progressing as the germs are transmitted trans-mitted from ono to another. In view of t his peculiar n nd deadly characteristic of the infect ion it Is pointed out that too much importance cannot be attached to the handling of the disease In its mildest form and too in.inv precautions cannot be t ikn to Sili guard the public trom all persons af-fliced af-fliced with a colli. So insidious is the 1 malady that it has been declurud that a person afflicted, even in tho mildest form, who coughs, snee7.es or blows his breath so that another person w ill be . exposed is guilty almost of homicide, for J he Is very npl to kill the prson be ex- poses through his t hough tU ssnrss or ; ca I'elesancoM. It has been found ihat the primary or mildest stag. of the disease Is characterized character-ized by icr ey-s, nnsul ilow and a slight j temperature similar to an ordinary cold, j In fact, it is sail, the primarv stage is so much the -jbuip as an ordinary cold 1 that most patients are inclined to think" It is "nothing but a cold" and do not I protect themselves or others. A warning-is warning-is given that every cold, however slight,. Should be promptly tiiUen in hand for the ! piotectioti of the person afflicted as well1 .'n for tl,o-. v ho might eontrai t fatal attH'-k from ii. ' The se.-nndary strige U ehanieiei ir.cd ' bv the niptoiMS of the first stnge wilii i aclung Nmes, head.ach ;md tliat. familiar , "grin" feeling. There, is a Hi tie moro t r mpera t lit e with t his stnRe. J The third and dangerous stage appears! im media t cy wit h a si repti.cocclc. pneu- , mon i a infection of tho bines. Its course Is short and swift. The feer rises hn:h ' and ripldly and when tl reaches l'i." 1 prees the patient riles In practically er c.ise. The cour-e of tho tertiary st ugo is usually three days and either the 1 lent dies In that time or if he passe. the third day successfully ho mnv be con sirlered on the road (o recovery. Tlw third day has been found to be (he crucial per ion" in t ids pirn e of the, d1p-n e. 1 1 'rd I nn ry rnnrh rv n their course in four to five riavs ji id lln- tempi rntiir re;mns to normal, tiospttat patients are lomt In the tio'ipttal and und'r riuMinn-t riuMinn-t ine fur a t leint four da v n s ft rr their teninernture h.is returned lo normal nnd t lv-y should uol ret urn to work or duty In less than i davp pfr being vl-.iNod from the hmpilRl, it la tated. |
