Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-01-06
THE DISEASE WE HATE.
The Grippe Stays with Us and Drugxisss
and Doctors Are Busy.

ouinine, antipyrine and physicians are in
great demand in this city just at present The
doctors carriages roll about the streets night
and day and medicine of various kinds rolls
just rs constantly down the throats OF the citi-
zens Of the District The much talked about
la grippe Is generally believed 10 be the cause
OF all this. but the doctors speak very eau
tously on the subject Most OF them admit,
however. that they have a few cases OF the
Russian influenza and that the remainder Of
their patients are suffering from old-fashioned
colds caused by carelessness during the unsea-
sonable weather. One OF the leading drug
gists IN the city IN talking with a STAR reporter
tins morning said that he had noticed n large
increase in the number OF prescriptions handed
m. and that great many people were dosing
themselves; that the demand for quinine and
antlpyrine especially very great. lie
thought that the newspaper publicity given
TO la grippe had the effect OF causing
people TO treat seriously what they would con-
slider at another time an ordinary cold As
soon as a person took cold he became appre-
hensiye that he was about 10 have the new
disease and either called in a doctor went 20
drug store. The druggists he admitted were
dong big business, aud like the doctors were
kept busy.
No LArGHTSG MATTER.
Colds, pneumonia. bronchitis. or really and
Gals at the health office are willing 60 allow
that something is wrong. When a STAR re-
porter called there today he founda well-known
cltlzen OF Washington standing in. the front
once IN detected attitude and something of
the look of man who had been hauled through
saw mnl. He had just eXtricated himself
from the grip of the la grippe after a siege of
twelve DAYS.
People have been treating this thing too
lightly, said the sufferer. but let them keep
on laughing. There is a merry time before
them: laughed too. for a time. but gradu-
any the laughter became follower aud hol-
lower, until at length you could not have
drawn laugh out of me. | don't know
whether shall ever laugh again."
HOW does II tee!' said the sympathiEing
reporter.
''How does il feel? Well. YOU Just wait. One
minute You will think you have red-hot blank
cts wrapped around you and the next that YOU
are safely packed away in ice. You will be
positive that there Is friend standing behind
You and whacklng You over your head with a
sledge hammer while another friend bores
holes IN your bones with an auger. Excuse me
a moment please. 1 have got to run out and
repienlsh my supply of quinine."
DEATH REPORTED.
Clerk McGinn OF the health office. when ap-
pealed 10. sand that DIR. J. ID. johnson had re-
ported the death of Henrietta Il. Edwards. at
GIG North Capitol street, of influenza. This is
cutting pretty close TO the grip. The burial
permits issued for the week ending January 4
show the following results: From pneumonia,
>; bronchitis, D; phthysis, IS; congestion Of
lungs, 2; inhue 1.
WHAT THE DOCTORS REPORT.
DIR. Reyburn told a STAR reporter this morn
ing that he had great deal of sickness among
his patients. He thought that in the entire
| number that had come under his observation
a tgK nh fb.a ,s,.,t,s
closely resembled those of the new disease
Severe headache with pains in the bones and
nausea were the prominent features. he said,
OF some of his cases HIS treatment. he added.
| varied with the cases and depended upon which
symptom seemed TO be the most prominent
The doctor said that he thought he had had the
disease himself, but was now entirely recov-
cred
DIR. Hamilton Leach told STAR reporter that
he was obliged now to make as many daily
visits as when he was physician of the poor
He thought that there was more sickness in the
city at present than there had been for years
4 number of the cases which he was treating
were simply bad colds. but he believed that he
had several cases of the genuine grip. In these
cases there was fever, followed by nausea and
pain in the bones.
THE INVALID POLICE.
Fifty-three of the officers of the police force
are absent from duty today, afflicted with the
grip. Lieuts. Amiss and Vernon, who have
been off duty. reported today, and Capt Aus
tin and Inspector SwIndells are reported TO be
considerably better.