The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-12-29
INFLUENZA2
GO Physicians Say the Dis
ease Is Here.
II IT'S FIRsT SYMPTOMS ARE
J. psmeaIs To Distinguish Between
cold and ths Sos Preva-
lent Disorder.

ex.nw popuIarIy hsissved. the sestf-
= sesae physscians 20 the contrary,
q. 80 disease - prevalent IN seattle i
-. and consequently epsaeFnIc.
81 f0agkafy and Or. W. II.
i. Z support Of this idea say that the
49,. i nndSnbsediy here ii Seattle,
.ueh 4 comparatively mid form
- s dsisioalt 70 draw The liae t@tween
- seqese cold.
s.s.srs.. prior % the Tenth century.
ekal,wnso the scientific world. but IN
= : 80 wpry fatal shrough0ut France.
-. tsfz the courts OF Paris we're closed
ssss.f.t Of the deaths resulting from
s lss7 il spread ever TIE Northern
s.-asl.sse. beginning IL Asia. taking
s..ss,.y course and terminating IN Amer
i shs Eighteenth century i reached
s.sssnd when the stream divided into
8 sFanclses, one crossing the Atlantic 20
$500. re other resfogrnding through
s~nsv spaifi and Italy until IL wAs lest Ia
Z. Mediterranean ssa--a course similar 70
- A,s-rslsesi By the cholera. In 1870 IN
- pFsgalied over a wide area in the
rs.sa States. The epizooflc, diseass
$3.50 slgie.i 70 Il. ragged the following year
'ss.s among korses and dogs in Canada
= IL lFnsle5 states. As inte ~ 1es1 In
sssa vas epideassc in the Willamette
nsy
Isssssnxa and It's symptoms are thus de-
~,gssa gg Dr. Pepper. an eminent neiieal
...zy. aInHueHxa Is continued fever
ssfsng liz wiGeiy-extended epidealics
Il due Is 3 specific cause. Il Is cbarac-
| ss-sa hy sin early eateTrh Of the mucous
esmhsane Of the respiratory tract, ~
saiy oneomsng debility out Of proper
- D the intensity Of the fever and the
zsarfhsl processes, and by nervous Syinp-
ses. There IS q strong tendency to ai-
ssmmasofy complications. especially Of
As lungs
afnesupslcated cases are rarely fatal,
,seesiine ii rakfs OF feeble and aged per-
rns An attack does not confer immn-
ssEv fyau she disease IN future epldsTnies.
D.. Aiken, second medical authority,
amershss il thus:
Il specific catarrahsl Inflammation OF
4 mucous NJ mhfane 81 the air passages.
ID severe constitutional disturbances.
IL disease Is luvaFsable in is essential
Anaeseristics, frequently prevailing as an
nssmie. attended with lassitade and pros.
EATON % an extreme degree. with special
sza early implication Of the 1iso-kasgsigo
lsxalaF mucous sHelabruae tnose. throat
Sd bronchial tGhesl.
TnilIs occur and great sensihility 70
as4 exists over the surface Of the skin.
ne eyss become in Iecsed and tend 20 tih
rid tears, the nostrlls dischafging an acrid
iii. attended with fixed and intense pain
b ne bead, mostly frontal, over she eyes,
smstimes also attended with giddiness.
~ Nights are sieeplcss, with deiirium or
kkaFgy. Cough prevails with yellow ex-
ys.erRsiels most troublesome al night and
ahGsng greatly so increase the headache.
EeYer attends the disorder. sometimes
eat and sometimes severe and OF type
mfysng ia different epIdemies and locale
~. The duration IL the fever Is from
louf - eight days The sense II taste n
disusaasea and there Is great anxiety and
davFsssien over the regioia OF the heart.
iniiuenasls both endemic and epldemlcs
lhsl i % say sometimes limited 10 certain
h,eAatiss snd sometimes comparatively un-
limited rs progress is very rapid and us
eoarss i generally limited TO from four 20
81 weeks IN q single locality. Ia itself it
i aes usually fatal, bat il likely 20 run into
pneameniS with deadly results. The dis.
fass seenn 30 prevail more in the lower
taan b sne higher localities OF cities and
hshs. Il Is aggravated By exposure 10
sas cold air and women and children are,
consequently less liable 90 il than men.
The influenza now raging la the East and
= fsPtdly soming west, Is OF a more pro-
heaAesd epidemic type than II Is here-a
itfs due TO is surroundings.
The aaly specific preventive steps that
eef reople can be recommended 10 take
n so wear warm underwear. 80 avoid sud
asA exposure 80 cold air, 10 wrap np their
ia'oais and keep the feet dry