Show UNCLE SAMS ADVICES ADVICE ON FLU U S public health service issues official health bulletin on influenza LATEST WORD ON SUBJECT epidemic probably not spanish in origin germ still unknown peo pea plo should guard again against droplet infection surgeon general blue make makes authoritative statement washington 1 P C Q SPec special lal al hing so of spain WM was one of the victims victim of the cepl damle in issi 1803 and again 1 this eun still oer iner BI anish authorities repudiate my illy claim to ladu enza its n it st dia cose ease if the people of this country d not take care the epidemic will mill be como me s widespread throughout the united states that oon soon we shall lier tile disease dis caari eclied american eliza in re response to a request for dilt definite iotte information concerning spanish influx enza general allue ol 01 the U S public health service bas ha authorized the following follow lne 11 inter view what is I 1 influenza is it something om ething new doe does it cime from spain the disease nor occurring in thio thili country and called Span leh influent ta ii it very contagion contagious kind of cold coid accompanied by fever pain pains coughs and sneezes spread diseases A AJ Danger vw as poison gus gi shells in the he head eyes evira back or other parte parts of the body ad a feeling of at vere sir uness in mot most of the cases ahr a disappear after three or four daas do the he patient then rapidly recover ing some of the however develop pneumonia or of the car or end and nany of these complicated ted basea die whether this co called Is Ident identical Ital still the epidemics ef of iniquen of earlier years ie is not att y known of hare have visited thi this country since it ie Is interest ing to know that thia this arst eaid epidemic emle nai as broucht here from alcicla 1 since that time there have been epidemic epidemics of the dle diege in IM and ni 1890 1600 an epidemic leml of Influent a starting somewhere where in toe top orient spread first to allula ift thence practically the entire ely klied world three later here there WB w nio t inac up of hie the disease continued continue on pare prea 5 advice on flu from first page MW leq the tile epidemic spread wife r 01 the united states 1 bough ugh the present epidemic Is 1 sli influenza there in no in if believe that it originated la in some writers who ho hae base studied klon tion believe that the epidemic am A om rn the orient and they call at li to the fact that the germans jp the disease as occurring along iti matern ei eithern tern front in the summer and RP hamn mw can spanish Span lih influenza be rec P f is us as yet no certain way in MT T single case of spanish influx dmn be recognized on the oth kj recognition Is easy where ijo k a group of in contrast of ordinary coughs triad 3 which usually occur in the th epidemics of influenza jcurd femur ut lit any geason season of the year ia p present epidemic raged roost most mommy in europe in may slay june and in th case of erdl OW J scolds the general symptoms aa depression are by no a severe or as sudden in their ft they are in influenza rinal 1 iam do not spread him iwa lie so rapidly or i os as does influenza W auses a person taken sick feels sick rather sud 1 feels cseak has in the wayra WC yra h hand eat I 1 or hack back anil atil mn ton be MIH over pall rull feel some vomit most stoat iff if tin the pa 1111 of feeling chilly and Z W comes a fever in lit w dill the f 1 ure rles to to IW 11 in agati cs the tie pulse relative TX bakr nee ono ont Is struck by th cat the patient looks flip d the inner side aide of his pella clr s slightly Dds hoj or con as the dotters ay say there bruntil g from front the nose or alwi aty be some cough thase signs idol d may not he be nevern the he p patient looks and feels eels ery 8 to the appearance and 0 bloms HS as already almady de derl bribed bed cf of the patient a blood may 1 I hyst clan in recognizing span 1 for or it bas leca been fr fe jid nd it 11 this disease the number of lh thyS LA L M A corpuscles shows little or no in I 1 the it ts Is laythe I 1 the laboratory investigations oat teg 9 through the national act council and the unit united alo ur t x laboratory will fv w or r certain way vity in which lif ito 9 of tills this dise disease asit can bj recognized wt zt ic I 1 the course of the disease dle aie r po die dle of it 0 Ordle artly the fever lat lasts from tareq to our day days and the patient re covers du lobil Ln fyhn biL 21 linth in the bresin present t emic has rene generally rally been low in aroe some place places the i has been severe and deaths hao base been numerous mien lian death occurs it Is juull the result of a coin catlon what cause causes the discalo and how Is 1 it spread bacteriologists who to t o hare have studied influenza epidemics in the pait have found in ninny many of the cases a very email small rod shaped germ called otter after if discoverer baCi bacillus another in other case cases of apparently the same kind of disease there were nere found I 1 the genits of lobar pneumonia will others have been cau caused ted by to cocal and by othera semis germs with lone long name names 0 no o mutter what particular kind of perm germ causes the epidemic it t la 1 now believed that influenza to always spread from person to person the perm germs being carried with the air along with the very envall droplet droplets of bucu expelled by coughing or sneezing forceful talking and the like by one who already has ha the tte germs of the dis ease they ahey A hey may also ba a carried about in the air in the funn fum of dut dust coining coming from dried mucus froni from cor corg nine gning and 1 sneezing or from careless people who spit on the floor and on tile he sidewalk dewalk nl As in to moat oher other catching diseases a person who has only a mild ott i ick 0 of the disease himself may give t very se e ere attack to others 1 whit what gouid be b don dome by those who catch the disease it Is veil important that eye nr iron on who becomes sick with influenza should go homo home at once and RO go to bed this vs mil III help leep away dangerous complications and will at the same time keep kp the froni from scatter scattering Int the disease far for lind and wide ft it Is s schly desirable that no one be allowed to sleep in the same room with the pa alent in fact no one but the cur nur j shurld be allowed in the room it there Is bough ugh end and sputum or running it t ui eyes and no care should be taken that all such dlf chart are collected on bits bile of saure gaum or rag or capr napkins and nd burned it if the patient complains of ferer and he nache he sheild be given 1 water to drink a cold compres cd 4 to the forehead and a light sponge only such cine should be kicen given as Is in prescribed by the doctor it Is foolish to ask the druggist to prescribe pire cribe and od nay may he be dan 1 berou to taw the so called afe safe sure and hannie harm lex ren emed edt led advertised by patent meal citie manufacture rr if the gallit nt ie is so to situated that he cao can be attended attend fd only by some one who must also look after others in the fain lly fly it Is advisable that such attendant endicot en diot wear weer a wrapper apron or gown over the ordinary house Cj clothes othes while in ihu tho sick room and slip mip thin off when ben leav ta amx nurses anil and attendants atten lanta will do well to guard against breathing in lang dang r ous dibase germs by w curing a simple fold of cauze gauze or mask while hile near the plit patient lent will a person who has ha had influenza before catch the disease it li to well uell known flint an attack of nica nion sloe or scarlet fever or smallpox usually protect protects n person against an other attack of lie tile nine same disease TIVA alt appears not to le be true of ID la fluen fluent zal 11 to newspaper paper re por port the king of spain suffered tuff cred an of influenza during the cepl ep bernic thirty years ago and wai wat again stricken tr icken during lie the recent outbreak in maln hov ho crit en on guard against influx enza in guarding cuArd inK against dispose 1 of all kinds it Is I 1 important that the body be kept strong and able to fight off dl lle a ease germs this can be done hy by hav ing a proportion nt of wort ore pill playa and reel rest by keeping it lie body well clothed and by eating sufficient clent wholesome and properly elected selected food in connection with diet it Is I 1 well to remember lint that milk is 1 one of the he beat all around foods obtainable for adults ei as wll wal ai as children so far for ne do n tits cane axe like influenza Is i concerned health authorities everywhere recognize reco anlie the ih very clone close relation between its prend spread and overcrowded hornes millie alle it ita I 1 not always possible especially vi i teem like the present to avoid sah eh overcrowding people should con corthier thier the health dancer and make nery effort to the home 1 ing to 10 a the val 1 wt of I 1 freih nir through open window cannot I 1 be over mien hen in I 1 si a in street car cars rare care should I 1 te 0 n to keep the face no so turned aa as not if to in hale directly the tits r breal liml out to hy another it Is I 1 especially important if to tw w ware of the person who con cansle 1 I a or sneezes an eez without covering his hi culli and noie nose it alio also follow follows that mat one should keep out of crowds and muffy place places ae as much as keel homes and writ well joir 1 ed st eibrt nd some time out of dors eacle da say r walk te to work if it at all practicable 11 in albort make every effort to breathe ai as much pure air ir as possible in all health matters ro alter follow the ad 1 of boar 3 our doctor 1 fad I obey the regu motas of your local and state tat health oni cere cover up each cough and sneeze it you jou den t spread elsesser 1 |