Show n IM UM been in vernal A M chaut considerable anxiety is rep reported arted to exist in vernal over tho the epidemic of spanish sh I 1 influenza which la Is i raging a over the whole united stat states air be beveral or al people have become very ver y excited cited and are asking that drastic measures be taken and that an immediate quarantine be placed on everything up to the hour ot of going to press ho however eyer no order was given out f for or the general closing of things as no new n ew local developments were reported city physician dr 0 donnell in an interview with a representative of the express said that there was no immediate necessity for placing a quarantine on the schools and an I 1 all public gatherings there are cases ot of the influenza here and the disease has been here since last july when the first case was noted just as ae soon however as the necessity arises for cor the closing of everything immediate steps will be taken tor for the enforcement of the order people can do more towards stamping out the contagion by keeping their general health condition good and it if they feel unwell to romain remain in their homes noses and throats should be especially kept clean and good antiseptic wash applied to these parts parta chere is no warning whatever when one is coming down with the sickness as the germs are already in tho the body before sickness commences it necessarily mean that if a person takes dow down a with the sickness that he is going to die as there have been cases here in which recovery was made and these are in the majority by lar far it people will only remain calm aud and not lose their heads this spread ol of influenza will be stamped out eventually supt bupt earl thompson says saya that it has been the previous experience in closing down schools for an epidemic that it tended to increase instead of decrease the diseases disease ahls fact he argued has been proven as parents and children go visiting lu in as they have nothing elso also to do and entering sick rooms are agents in the further spread of the disease parents are urged and requested to not allow children to attend school who are feeling unwell and they should consult a physician immediately regarding all sickness the second ward parents class last sunday discussed the epidemic i and a committee was appointed to i assist in whatever way vay possible in enlightening the people and assisting in stamping the contagion out the influenza was first heard of in spain hence was called spanish influenza says bays J J keegan of the aj U S navy it has in the recent months spread over nearly all ot of europe attacking from 30 to 40 per cent of the people complete isolation of the patient is ro recommended commended and the following cerat excerpt from the american medical journal may prove of assistance the cases in the present epidemic begin usually quite suddenly with pain iu in the head back eyes limbs and joints with the pains thore there is great prostration chilliness chil linesa and a fever of from to the pulse does not become very rapid and the patient often is drowsy vomiting may occur sometimes there may be diarrhea but usually there is constipation after the disease has baa become established the mucous membranes of the nose and throat become reddened and there Is sneezing and redness of the conjunctiva involvement of the larex causing hoarseness and of the bronchi causing cough are ara common the fever gradually falls to normal a after a few days and more or less prostration to is present during many of the cases have hemorrhages of the mucous mem membranes bianes of the nose and s some ome of the urethra or bowel |