| Show call new malad malady ay epidemic I 1 c stupor stav stuv or disease misnamed sleeping sickness Is believed to B bo L contagious Contaoi ous MEDICAL EXPERTS PUZZLED H health eat th authorities decla declare re strange illis has no relation ing 0 11 which bated in africa WashIng fori lutc stupor 1 la 11 1 abe the name the health authorities have decided to give tile new disease wrongly called sleeping Ble sickness which sprang up a i few weeks ago age it lias has invaded eighteen Aint american rican cities nod and several amy camps lina has taken several beveral lives and laid hundreds under its spall the scientific name of this new dili mal ady Is lot hurgle encephalitis it I 1 Is not sleeping sickness and has hotl nothing to 10 lo do with tile real sleeping sickness it lins has been known for only a few years yeara and its ha enuse and origin fire even more mysterious than tholie of tile tho influenza the disease dl sense when han it t was first als covered vereil co in ili this country was found to be it form fonn of sleeping sIck sickness conr coln rion pion in fit the interior parts of africa 1 laut jut tj closer observation of tile tho 8 symptoms proved this belief to bo be unsound sleeping sickness as an found in the jungles of africa Is caused by tile the bite of a peculiar insect known na as the tsetse fly I 1 tho the ney new disease was first observed in austria the first case noted tit in england occurred february 11 1018 find the epidemic which never attained largo large proportions cattle canie at least temporarily to tin nn end in ill june julie the medical research committee of Rai england gland become became deeply interested in tho the new malady nod and instituted clinical and pathological ell investigations tho the committee found the Is it general infectious disorder characterized by manifestations originating in the contral central nervous system of which the blost frequent and characteristic ire are pro gl lethargy lethard Y or orand nn all involvement iny vol of the nerve centers controlling trolling fig the eye Inus muscles cles marked by high temperature although it rise in ili temperature was not observed tit in all of tile the cases of the disease of which notes were obtained attained tal tied thero there seemed to be little doubt that there Is always a certain anin amount tint of fever ja in nn an early stage the fever usually lasts front from two to five days but may continue for ten or even fourteen doya days it may fall pud suddenly ud denly or gradually with oscillation A period of subnormal not infrequently follows usually the first symptom Is still plo catarrhal conjunctivitis it a mild pink eye or it limy inny be ton alltis simple sore sord thront throat and cold in tile chest the the disease may ile be ushered in ili sUd suddenly dellY hy fly a fainting or tit lit in ili marked cases the flit lethargy was noa by of tile alij rye eye lids pain in ili flit eyen cyin find blurred vision headache 1811 Is n colin noll dyni tom and avas characters character ls tic of tile ho early c sym of ninny cases during gland after tile arst stages the symptoms of n infectious become the patient ties ills in bed on tile back often unable to in make tiny voluntary on account of great muscular wen weakness kness tile lie face ts Is quite expressionless anti ami and there may ile be definite double facial paralysis tile pitt Is in a condition of stupor although true sleep Is often not obtained with regard to treatment no epe clec method lina fins been devi devised med and taw tl best flint alint con bo be done la Is to put tb the patient to bed find provide good num ing colt sponging Is often beneficial during tic he early stages and tends tenda to diminish tile delirium for ite be pain numbness find anil tingling oc at the limbs is tho host best rei rpm cily nedy corlett potion pallon Is obstinate Inato and often difficult to overcome except by ensinas followed ly by stich drugs druba ta as liquid nn or no hypnotics and tit no morphine or other felons of opium should he given dally antly cleansing or of tile anti antiseptic of the alio nose find should hould f bo be enfried out find respiratory conilio test t lon s systematically looked for the should bo be given to tint hut ills his convalescence will anat tit nt least six sit after tile tho beginning ot of the ilie Il illness liles of the united states pub pill lie ile health tire aro investigating cities consos of the disease in ili several catlen they tire especially anxious to ke keep t P the malady out of tho the army citina q tile tho first to he fie invaded was camp leo lee petersburg va ahro one death was reported out of nine cases investigation kinle tit nt tho the crimp showed flint in each cuso cuse tha soldier lind been ill III with influenza |
