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Show j Graves Phjed Like i i Furrows Wmi Flu 1 ' Strikes Mexico I i JUAREZ. MEXICO, Nov 13, Graves plowed like furrows in open I fields, zerape used as shrouds and wood wagons for hearses were made necessary by the Influenza epldomic which swept over northern Mexico following the appearance of the dis-j dis-j ease on the American border. All efforts to have funeral services were abandoned when the churches mi were forced to close because of the 1 spread of the disease. l Medical attention was out of the j question for there are only a few doc- I j tors in tho small settlements and f many of these were victims of the dis- ease. The supply of drugs was soon a exhausted nnd urgent requests were sent lo the border from Chihuahua j medical supplies. These were per- fl mitted to be sent by the United II Slates war trade board in spite of the ffl fact they appeared on the conserva- , lion list of prohibited articles for ex- V port. One shipment contained 300 M pounds of epsom salts and large quan- jf titles of other drugs. Medical students wero taken from the various hospitals in Mexico City j to care for the sick and volunteer I nurses recruited from the best fan- fl ilies in the large cities for service in R Cross, the national relief organization in Mexico similar to the Red Cr.oss. W |