Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-01-20
THE SPREAD OF INFLUENZA.

Ira Record Of Tho Epfdesate In the Pas
I and The i.~-.~ns learned Ther~fro0-
| The Questions = 18th regard 10 influenza
/ which are most calculated To interest the
/ pon-rnesiical public are manisestly those
which relate To the principal or ordinary
/ channels u its propagation, and 70 the
extent To which il may be regarded a.
I contagious. On these. unfortunately
there Ia very little TO be said. for the his
I tories Of former ep~demics are. in great
measure. contradictory In respect oil
I both. In some instances personal con.
| tagiOn has appeared 10 be at least highly
probable. while in others it might almos,
[ he excluded
! AZ an example Of the latter class, 1t i.
recorded by Dr Theophiius Thompson
that on the % Of May. Use, Admiral
Keuapenfeldt Who was after~ard lost
1 by the sinking Of the ROYAL George a,
| spthesd sailed from thence with a
| squadron 81 ships under his command
On the 20th Of the month influenza ap-
psared among the crew of the Goliath,
one Of the ships of the squadron and the
crews Of the remaining ships were after
ward- affect u So many men were rem
dered unfit for duty that the squadron
was Obliged tn return into port about
the second week in June, not having had
any communication with the shore in
the interval. and having cruisad only be
tween Brest and the Lizard
| II the disease were one OF what is tech
nically called long incubation-that is,
one the symptoms Of which do not make
their appearance for a considerable time
after the exposure to infection--the in
terval betwe'n the FL and the Goth o!
May. although unusually long even il.
such case might admit of explana-
ton. But one OF the most remarkable
peculiariries Of influenza appears to be
the extrei.e rapidity Of its diffusion and
the manner in which it attacks large
Of each other.
Another example. similar to the last,
was furnished by Lord Howes fleet.
which sailed from England for the
Dutch coast on the 9Th of MAY. To-
wards the end of May the disorder APP
peared among the crew of the Rppon,
anu, Nv" "aSs ii'ei' among ''ie crew
:" '''e ! r''iee''s Aine'ia- Inc crews OF
"tn'' S'l't'N VA i''e neee were aHtc'eh al
''''''''' '''''' - S"'iie 'io' ui'H 'fieiF re
turn 10 Portsmouth in the second week
If June This fleet. like that of Admiral
Kempenfeldt, had no communication
WIN NV s''o'e at'er ieaNii's or'stllouth
,nt,i ~ ra.,.baI ! ~. 20.
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