| Show I SPANISH SPANISH INFLUENZA INFLUENZA- C THREE DAY Y FEVER TER THE FLU l A What is Spanish h Influenza t Is it something new f Doe Does it I f come corne from Spain It The disease I now occurring inthis in iii r r this co country and called Spanish In Influenza a resembles a a very contagious 1 kind 1 1 d 0 of f cold co Id I'd accompanied accompanied accompanied ac ac- ac- ac companied by fever pains pains' in the k head eyes ears back or other f parts of the body and a feeling of f severe sickness In In most of the cases th the symptoms disappear disappear disappear pear after three or four days the the patient then rapidly recover recover- recovering recover recovering ing some some of the patients however however however how how- ever develop pneumonia or in inflammation Ip- Ip in- in J. J of the ear or meningitis t gitis giLls and many of I cases die Whether this r so-called so Spanish influenza is is' is identical with th the epidemics of df f influenza of earlier ye years is not yet e yn krio known Epidemics of influenza have visited this country since 1647 It It is interesting to know that this first epidemic was brought here hele from Valencia Spain Since that time there have been numerous numerous numerous nu nu- nu- nu epidemics of the disease dis dis- dis- dis 1 ease case In 1889 and 1890 an epidemic epidemic epidemic epi epi- epi- epi demic of influenza starting somewhere some in the Orient spread first to Russia and thence over practically the entire civilized I world Three years later there I Iwas was another flare up of ot the disease dis- dis ease case Both times the epidemic spread pread widely over over the the United Unite r States Although the present epidemic i is called caled Spanish influenza there is no reason to believe that t it originated d in in Spain Some writers who have studied the I question believe that the epidemic ic came f the Orient and they j f call attention to the fact that the Germans mention the disease as occurring along the eastern front in th the summer and fall lali of 1917 9 How can can Spanish influenza be recognized There is as yet no certain way I in in which a single case of Spanish Spanish Span ish influenza can be recognized ed on the other hand recognition recognition recognition tion is easy where there is a group of cases In contrast to the outbreaks of ordinary coughs f f and colds which h usually occur t 1 in n the cold months epidemics of influenza may occur at any season season season sea sea- son of the year thus the present f. f epidemic raged most niost intensely in Europe in May l June and andL L I WI |
