Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-08-17
History OF the laflurEza.

A correspondent of the Troy Whip
gives an account ofihe different outbreaks
Of this epidemic in Europe and this coun.
try.
| The first account of It y hich the writer
has been able TO find is in the year 1880
II was 'rimed"a pes'lrnilal and epidemic
cough" and prevailed in Europe. -
Though there is some uncertainty con-
cerning its peculiar character, yet in
some OF It's essential lea;ures il rcsemblcd
the present epidemic. ID was !irst dis
Iiinctively defined and received its name
Just a century since, I743, when il
prevailed every where. Ii invaded every
country in Europe, and Gin many dis,
iricls moi n single family escaped its seiz-
nre." 1t appeared in Apt,! aud passed
IF in June following The disease sci
dom proved fatal, except among old peo-
pie, and those who we,e suffering unde,
pulmonary disease. II was chii,trncd b,
his time "Ia-g,ippe," by the French,
from the Polish wo,d "chp ka," which
signifies hnarscncss The iiui,ans called
II "mal del castrona" aud influenza. -
I he latter appeIaton is taken from the
supposed influence of The stars on It's orr
in and diffusion. In this epidemic Sc.
we're and obstinate headache was one OF
its most peculiar symptoms. "Ihe treat
ment was an affair rather @! diet aud reg
imcn than of any dithcRi medication" "
The next genera! epidemic in Europe
/ and they have generally extended to our
own country was IN 1852 which, in all
It's essential features, resembled the one
before named. Those attacked retained
"A severe cous b and very slow y couvales-
ced.
The epidemic Of 1915 was MS widely
diflused as lis predecessors, and was pre-
coded BY remarkable atmospheric viciss
ludes : very few escaped an attack. il
was also marked by The fact that most of
the domestic animals, rs horses, dogs,
fowls, were affected with cough and
general malaria. In 1882 anoihrr cpl
deInic prevailed. it was preceded by
great atmospheric changes. II commence
ed its progress in Asrakan, Tobolsk, the
East Indies, and probably prevailed in
China. In Europe it first appeared in
St. Petersburg 40 900 persons were
seized in one day, which was connected
with the fact that on this day ;ae thcr-
mome,er rose from 80 degrees below zero
10 five above il. ln March il reached
Poland, the shores of the Baltic and Dem
mark in May ii passed over into Ger
many and Eng!asd In July j, invaded
Scotland and France: in September,
Italy, Spain and Portugal; and in No
vembcr, Belgium. il also ran over
America. The sea itsrlfwas Doi exempt
from its dominion, for ships crews al sea
sickcned under Iis influence.
The epidemic Of 1880, in Europe, was
as general as its predecessors, nDd was
somewhat remarkable in being the lGrc-
runner, by n very short interval, of aaih-
er more alarming aud dreaded pesilcnces
the Asaiic choieEa. This seemed 90
preccde the rbolers, when il appeared,
and in 1883 the sausc disease followed IT,
the march Of lbe cholera, advancing ss
its more formidable RIVAL rcceded.
Like mos, other epidemics, i, is char
acierlzed by its onward march from East
to West, and is preceded by great alicia
'ions of atmospheric Temperature. Es
diffusion ID usually very widely spread,
aud lis duration short. IL seldom proves
destructive Of lil. unless attacking per
sons suffering rion illness, and especial
| y illness connected with disease Of the
lungs
he writer concludes with n caAioD 10
all afflicted To attend carefully to il, for IL
mglecied, u, result is ton often manilcRt
~ disensc OF The lungs and fatal consunp-
lions. - .Er Harsn Palladium
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