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Show PHYSICIANS BAFFLED Cerebrospinal Hcnlr sills Epidemic -Cc:not - Be Checked. : BBSlBBSSSBBlSBMeSBBe NEW TORK,' March 26. Cases of cerebrospinal meningitis continues to be reported In-this cltjr. three deaths banns; occurred. In the psat twenty-four twenty-four hours. AH the victims were adults. In two of the cases there were no symptoms of the malady until within a few hours of death. - An experiment of trephining- the skull has been tried on a boy t years old at Flowers hospital and has apparently been successful. The operation took place nearly a week agt and since then their Jeadlna- specialists have watched the patient anxiously in the hope that a method of treatment of the mysterious mysteri-ous disease mifht be found. It Is said be haa shown signs of relief and hopes are entertained tot his ultimate and complete recovery. The disease is the most baffling- with which the Health department has ever been confronted, in the matter of the lack of knowledge of its symptoms, cure and prevention of reneral spread-In:. spread-In:. : . - A medical Journal Issued todsy says there Is a alngular resemblance between the symptems--ef-rebr-splnar men JngltlB and typhus fever, which fre quently . lead to confusion before an exact . clinical diagnosis can be had. and Indicates the points of similarity. It also calls attention to the efficacy of the - simple measures as preventives, and refers to the neglect of the mouth and nose,-which permits many pathogenies patho-genies micro-organisms ' to reach mors vital parts.. ' - |