Telegram-herald., 1890-01-13
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s4srg eyes 4uo -4lk wI-L dirculty
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con m0nplaee topic II souAa, she
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ing ladies' VITO lose their voices eally
IL the trst act znd never nnd them
again iii tho curtain falls. Twenty
per cent of the population, male and
female, is indoors nursing noses and
anathematiUug the Russian visitor
Bu- they have the consolation Of know
ing that New York isn't the only
sufferer, for nearly every clty along the
Atlantic seaboard And not few in
land. are .olnlng IN the sternuEatOry
chorus.
This singular condition OF Affairs has
excited great hutteI among tie doe
tors and very lively dispute is nov in
progress as 10 tie Identity OF tie inhu-
enEa epidemic now raging in this country
With that which has half = million vic
TINS n Us grasp IN Europe a. tho pres
ent moment. While i majority OF the
leading New York physicians regard
the TWO as identical in every respect.
save IN the nit gated severity OF the
atfiiction we are enduring, there are
few who stick 10 il that we haven't got
the real article yet, but only a mild
foretaste. and that when the grip does
come everybody will know IL. This is
the attitude taken by the medical OH
cials in the Health Board aud the dit
ferent institutions; but il is significant
that one and all seem TO think II meg
table that. sometime during ths win
ter, we are 10 have the Russian visitor
here in full vigor, and that II would be
we'll 10 prepare FOR him.
Meanwhile, there is a feeling OF sub
dued excitement over the matter and
the grip Is the topmost topic of course.
Those who have the heinhuenza, and their
name Is legion, are certain they have the
genuine article from St Petersburg and
Paris Those VINO haven't got il as yet,
are In hourly expectation Of feeling i IS
ungentle grasp. Imaginative people,
hypochondriacs ana others are worry
ing over il and hundreds have fitted
southwark, believing shat the middle
zone alone can act as a barrier TO the
visitor from the frigid latitudes OF
Northern Europe. A large number of
cases have been reported TO the Health
Board and still larger num-
ber are unreported, many fearing
that the Board will order the quaran-
IinIng In their own homes of persons SO
afflicted. In most cases. the attack is
| slight and lasts but few days; but it is
! quite severe enough TO prostrate the
/ victim l. frequently runs through a
whole family and mum Der OF cases Of
this sort have been reported. In one
farnily-the klaTn roths-the disease at
tackled the first member on Thursday
and by Sunday evening eight other,
had been prostrated in rapid succession
accom- panied by sore throat cardiac
pain, catarrh, and complete muscular
! prostration. This diagnosis describes
| every case, the only variation being in
/ the intensity and duration Of the at
/ tack.
had a chat with DR.. c. B. Bryant
the leading medical adviser OF the New
| York Health Board, about the epidemic
People here enjoy the great Ameri-
can privilege Of having anything they
want, said he, jocularly, and il their
I Imagination lead them 70 think they
/ have the grip, let them think SO.
/ don't say they haven't the grip; but
/ mind you, II the Russian influenza,
which Is now raging in Paris and Ber-
! lin. should come along, ws Will be apt
/ 20 know il without any effort Of the
/ Imagination. How could people avoid
| It? Well. If IL comes in its true form,
! il viii be attended by such atmospheric
and other conditions as TO be PRACTICAL '
unavoidable It will not be al isolated
case. here and there but general all
ment that would affect pretty nearl =
I everybody.
easily" Or Bryant continued: "one
man came 70 my osice yesterday he
rang the bell and though invited In.
preferred 70 stand OF the stoop. had
20 see him there lie told me ne had
the grip. and didn't want 20 come in and
infect nv house Now. the grip isn't a
thing 10 be communicated thst way but
as be had made up his mind about II,
let hin think SO 7 don't know of sny
remarkable features about the present
influenza Re added Here. see what
the Medical Journal says"
And be pointed 20 an ar,i1lo on the
prevailing epidemic. inferentially ideu
tifving it as a disease OF she same char
acter a. tbat which visited England in
Isa--4s. when 5000 .eaths occurred IN
SIT weeks the epidemic raging 81 the
sane time In Venice and Milan. After
LOOKING over these statements. DR.
Bryant svidensiy thouEht ia refsrenes
had been an unfo-tunste one sut ca
salste3 % excite lnstea5 - aiIsying AZ
prehens.on
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