| Show UNCLE saina ADVICE ON FLU U 8 public health service issues Off official loial health bulletin Gullet ln on influenza LATEST WORD ON OM SUBJECT epidemic probably not in origin germ still U unknown W n po pt pie pic should guard Aga against insi deovlet deo droplet 1 infection surgeon general gen r bif blue makes authoritative stat statement ement t washington D 0 the though u gh king alfonso of spain pain was nas ione one of tho the victims of the influenza I 1 epidemic in 1803 and again tills this summer spanish authorities any claim to influenza as a spanish disease if lie ho people of this country do not tako care caio the epidemic will become so widespread throughout tho the united states that soon 0 we o shall hear the disease called influenza in response to a request for definite information concerning Spanish 1 influenza c surgeon general hubert t blue of tie tho I 1 U S public health service has boo authorized tho the following official interview what Is spanish influenza 2 is it something now new does do it come from spain the disease now occurring in this country and called spanish influent to ia resembles a very contagious kind of cold accompanied by fever gaind in the head eyes cars care back or other lotife r parts of the body and a celta of severe sickness in roost most of tho the cases abo disappear aft after erthree abreo or four days the ho patient then rapidly recovering some of tho the patients however develop pneumonia or inflammation of tho the car or meningitis and many of these complicated cases die whether this so called spanish influenza za Is Iden identical fical with the epidemics of influenza of earlier years Is not yet known epidemics bf influenza have bare visited title this country sinco since 1047 it is 18 interesting to know that this first epidemic was brought here from yalen valencia cla spain since that time there hive have been numerous epidemics of the he disease ea ae in 1889 and 1800 1600 an epidemic of influenza starting somewhere in the orient spread farst to russia nod and thence over practically tile lie entire civilized world three years later here was mother another flare up lup of the disease hotl times tile the epidemic spread widely over tile the united states although tho the present epidemic Is c called ailed spanish lill influenza thero horo Is no reason to believe that it originated hinted in ill spot spain some writers who lic studied tile tho question bellevo believe that the epidemic came from the orient and call attention to tile the fact writ that the hie germans mont loii tile hie disease us its occurring along alone t the le eastern front in the summer and fall of 1017 how can spanish influenza be recognized zed there Is as yet no certain way in which it single case of spanish influenza 11 can lie be recognized on tho the other hand recognition Is easy cheri there Is a group of cases in contrast to tile the outbreaks of coughs and colds which usually occur in the me cold months epidemics of influenza may occur nt at any season of the year thus tho the present epidemic raged most intensely in 11 drope in may juno jim and jua jul moreover in tile the case of ordinary colds tile general symptoms fever pain depression are arc by no 0 o econs as af 1 severe or as sudden in their oil onset sot as aa they are arc in influenza finally ordinary colds do to not spread through the Colum community so rapidly or so extensively as joel dors influenza in ill most cases a person taken sick with influenza feels sick rather suddenly I 1 I 1 up ift feels weak lias has enins in tile tho I 1 eyes eye cars head or back and may be I 1 sore all over aruny patients feel dizzy sonie some most alost of the pa complain of feeling clony chilly and with this ills comes a fever in which atio temperature rises to to in vava cases the pulse remains relatively ely slow in appe appearance granco one to la struck b by y the I 1 fact that the he patient looks sick elek ills eyes and the inner alde of arb eyelids may inay bo slightly bloodshot or con as aa the tha do doctor k boqi s V tharo 0 y i ll 11 jl W jh 1 alj nay may DO be running me nose 0 there may be somo some cough these signs of a cold may not bo be marked nevertheless the patient looks and feels very sick in addition to the appearance and the symptoms OB an already described examination of the patients blood may old tile the physic physician inn in recognizing aprin sprin lali ish influenza for or U bm been found that in this disease the number of at white corpuscles corpus cles allots little or no increase above the normal it lt Is 9 1 ossi hie that the laboratory investigations now being made through the Nation til research Pe search council and the united states slates hygienic Hyglen le laboratory will fur a more certain way in which andl individual cases of this disease can be recognized what wa Is the he course of tle the disease do people die of it ordinarily the fever lasts from three to four days das and the tie patient recovers toco reco co vers but while the lie proportion of deaths in the present epidemic has generally been low in some places the outbreak has been severe and deaths have been numerous when death occurs it la Is usually the result of a tom complication what causes the disease and how Is I 1 it spread bacteriologists who have studied in epidemics in the past have found in many of the easel cases ft a very small rod shaped germ called after its discoverer Pt elffers fers bacillus in other cases of apparently the same kind hind of disease there were found the germs of lobar pneumonia still others have beeh caused by streptococci and by others germs with long names no matter what particular kind of germ causes tho the epidemic it Is now cow believed that influenza to Is always spread from persan person to person the germs being carried with the air along with the very small email droplets of mucus expelled by coughing or sneezing forceful talking and the like by one who already has the germs of the disease they may also be carried about in the air in the forni of dust coming from dried mucus from coughing and sneezing or from careless people who spit on the floor and on the sidewalk As it most other catching diseases a person who has only a mild attack of the tha disease himself may glye give a very severe attack to others othera what should be done don by those who catch the tha disease dle as it Is very important that every pey per aati 0 ri who becomes sick with influenza hould go home at once and go to bed this will help keep away dangerous danger oua complications and will at the same time keep the patient from scattering the disease far and wide it I 1 Is s highly desirable that no one bo be allo allowed wed t to sleep in the same room with chepa blent in fact no one but the nurse should be allowed in the room if there Is cough and sputum autum or running of tho the eyes ayea and nose care should be taken that all such discharges are collected on bits of gauze or rag or paper napkins and burned it if tho the patient complains ot of fever and he headache adach I 1 e he should bo be given water to drink a cold comp compres to the forehead and a light sponge only such medicine should be given as li in prescribed by alio doctor it Is foolish to ask the druggist to prescribe and may be dan ge berous rous to take the so celled called safe sure and harmless remedies advertised by patent medicine manufacturers if tea patient Is so situated that ho he C can n be attended only by some 0 one no who must also look after others in the family I 1 it la Is advisable that such attendant wear a wrapper apron or gown over tile tho ordinary house bouso clothes while in the sick room and slip this ott off when le loav AV ing to look after the others nurses and attendants will do well to guard against breathing in dangerous disease germs by wearing a simple fold of gauze or mask while near the patient will a person who has hai had influenza before catch the disease again it Is well known that an attack of inea measles or scarlet fever ferar or smallpox usually protects a person against another attack of tho the sonio some disease this appears not to be true of spanish influenza flu enza according to newspaper reports the king of spain an suffered if ered on an attack of influenza during tho the epidemic demic thirty years ago andaas and was again stricken during the recent outbreak in spain low how can one guard auard against influenza I 1 in guarding against disease of all kinds it 11 Is important that the body bo be kept strong and able to fight off d dia Is easo ease germs this can bo be done by chay log ing a proper proportion of work play and rest by keeping tho the body well clothed and by eating lelent wholesome and properly selected food in connection with diet it Is well to re remember member eliat milk Is one of th the 0 b best est allaround all around foods obtainable for adults as well as children so far as a dis ease coso like influenza Is concerned health authorities everywhere recognize the very close relation between its spread and overcrowded homes white while it la in not always possible especially spec lally jn in times like the i present to avoid such overcrowding overcrowds dl ri g people should hould consider the health danger end mako make every effort to reduce the homo borne overcrowd ing ln to a minimum the value of aniah ibi through open windows cannot bo be over emphasized when crowding Is unavoidable ci as cars caie care should bo be taken to f ft J vf J seep me rate race so BO turned ns as cot to inhale directly the air breathed out by another person it Is especially important to be wore of tho person who coughs or sneezes without covering his mouth and nose it also follows that one should keep out of crowds and stuffy places ns as much as possible keep homes and workshops well aired spend somo some time out ol of doors elich each day walk to work it at all tica bleIn in short make every possible effort to breathe ns as much pure air as possible in all li alth matters follow the advice of your doctor and obey the regulations lations of your local and state health officers cover up each cough and sneeze if 11 you dont spread disease |
