The sun., 1889-12-18
VERY MUCH LIKE The GRIP.
TaR BEzLEH BOARD NOT CONVINCED
THAT 1T rs TIE REAL THING.
res mighty suGasu Gr,p ana Makes IAS.

Not the least interesting element In the
dlacupsion Of "la grippe" yesterday was the
question whether It would be recognized In Its
milder forms By physioianR The Disagree
ment, II such II may be termed, between DR..
Edson Of the Board OF Health and DR.. Lell-
mann. the family physician OF the Klamroths,
as 70 whether the trouble that has been affiiot-
ina them is or Is not the influenza such as has
bSen raging In Europe, makes It seem proba-
Bile that In diagnosing the less violent cases
physicians will be apt TO disagree. One OF Mr..
Klamroth's sons. who has had mild attack,
said yesterday that he did not think the all,
ment was anything more than q severe cold
DR.. Lehman vaslthorouRhly convinced. how
ever, that his patients were suffering with the
Russian influenza.
1T is absurd" he said, "to say that these
are nothing but severe colds or catarrh. The
indications and the phenomena attending
them prove this to be impossible. A cold comes
gradually. reaches its highest state and then
diminishes in severity also gradually. Even
when the cold comes on very gradually. one
feels some tangible symptom beforehand. It
may be only slight chill or feeling that ono
is not in the very best condition; but there is
always something. Now In these cases it was
different Tho hrst one Of them. that OF the
YOUNG lady who had received o letter from
Berlin the day before she was seized, was a
marked example Of what have said. She
arose one morning and went ont to make
visit 6ho says that abe was not feeling very
bright In the morning. but did not think that
che was I'll ct all. While at the house OF her
friend she was seized suddenly with an attack
Of vertigo. This came upon her like o flash.
She is not the sort of woman who gives
IN easily 70 physical silment, and was
therefore determined to fight of the, ,inclina;
NtANNt n n Np.ts = hNI n N n
on . sole She remained there until AFTERNOON
90 pan hd
81 ssSssSSS ny I'LL ill., Es SspSssss sss
for the time 6sina. Her tsmpefsture chansed
tHss e q inports5ss i oonsidsrlns his ssb:
%ssS eRsPs SsS sTa' Ss
esS a91 n q case %
siTays SoeS srsdasiIy. Il this case as IN I6e
others her CHANGED in one des ieS
Vote once %oPS some
aSns Sssor saad SSs Po
aoTn end had to SG IiGhs home All Of ths Pc.
f6S be- %uSh Sa1
Dr. lehman made the astonishing statement
that aneSEpG dd Hos
toms, ho said, were not always very severe.
The face was likely TO be swollen There was
ueplarly the eyes were likely to lose their
briRhtness., The symptoms. as far as the pa
P1ns
SS was aSs q 5nSs th0qshds msdds
70 ssnsgs gstsnE 6sa Anally drewn attention e
many many other a SasSs u WSere lie patients ths@-
sslsss Snd thS phyaisi9Sns ,S we're not ESRellIy
Il EpoMsn. sso has rsssysred, Dr. Ieil@ann said there
as deenEer i shS PssiSnt PS6 was imPrpGens that
having had only q siiG6t attack. and went out
apse SSe eaer Miss s S i Tns I'D
S 81 HsSh eq d nos
Tor t6e reason that 81: Edson was practically
CONVINCED e the contrary, a report Nn t the e
BE-. Edssa. IS chtsf Of The Bureau o. Con
TfSS SSs oDnSa wa R as oowD pre-
Tny ESS s
ssSs "a tSSS Is
s,sSS seP: S:n has sssa L s
IHaA 6ertain ones Of the family have recently received
IsttsEO from Europe Man about 90 gtIll n eonyAlss
SsnoS stated that although hs received man
len onSi e ~ an - ~ as% bsso n ~ Ht,a '
On Set dStoe-Wednesday Dec H. frSf case, FhurS
aSy. iSth Sssepdi Friday lat6 third Saturday 18th
toVith and Afthi sunday 18th. sixth and sSventh.
ohAraoterZsudden faintng chill marked pfostra:
Sn ana h Fl SS
s,SsSmsnH rom ioS 70 loo, t'NHN''A'4'' '~'O"S
EIaHniaSn-sh9ys patients about As sick as q per
yoSs shsE % and nasal S nS S9ETS and oon
~ Snvn and noTaIS tIo ~ the family
having resumed WORK whlo The frst one sstacfodE i
stiIl conhnad 70 The house
ss :s'
NSiah oouid In Seyerity with the second one
peoally % far the catarrhal symptoms are con.
SsIasd The symptoms POINTING sas @Sst e innusn1a
are o6e OF the onset ana those 70 the system
eSasiai1
DR.. Edeon gaid Yesterday shat NOT single |
new case had been reported 70 him. but THAI ae
thought the action OF DE- Lelim1aann L11a ln .rGport.
ing the Klarnroth cases would result IN the |
SendinE IN Of great many similar reports: r
commend bis actiol, even though 1cannot az