The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-01-16
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A Difference Of Opinion Among tho Med
ieal Gentlemen OF Our CITY,

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That there Il great deal of sickness Ia
this city no One will deny Tie doctors
arc all busy and eReh one reports large
number Of complaints, which are gragur
ally inpreaslng, There seems 10 be % dIfs
ference pf Oplnl0n among The men 0f
medicine, and in order W give tho WihlG
some information on the subject, News
DEMOCRAT reporter visited % number pf
phyaIelans, and their opinions are given
below,
Health Onicer MaNhand was called on,
and stated that there " no doubt but
what an epidemic N raging in this city, II
IN in mOht cases Of a much modified
form Of tho Russian influenza,
which differs from This epidemic 10y
affecting the nosiris throat Rnd lungs,
moro severely, llplRo causes more anee1'
Ing, The noslris and throat become
much more irulnied hnd oausn n0rp INin
in tho Russian disease, The cause Ot ihe
deaths was due "a persons having tie
disease and exposing themselves too
soon after recovering from H. lilo did not
know Of u case Va town that would likely
prove fatal, The mortality report thus
Tar for the month OF January u OK
tremely low, that no conclusion could Do
arrived az, il6 also stated that the disease
was not contagious, but was ln an cpl
demio form caused by a condition OF tic
atmosphere,
Dr. LAndor Was seen and referred the
reporter tO the Russian cOrreRpOndent Of
tho London Lancet, a medical Journal llo
says II III not only an epidemic, but Cnntn'
gluua and infectious, hnd takes about two
days ~ incubnto. II h In three types,
First, the nervous form, This shows
| symptoms OF severe neuralgia, palms iu
| the head, the respiratory organs belnp on
| tlrely unaffected, This form II often taxi
on for typhoid fever, The second type h
the catarrhal form, The aympt0mR are
| bronchitis running az the nose aud inllnin'
nation Of the eyes The Third type u tho
ghRlrlc form, The symptoms are HlclInesa
At tho stomach and often vomiting la
| all the three types there " u soreness Of
| tho llpa, and various skin eruptIOna, The
cause Of death h pneumonia resulting
from exposure,
Dr., Il, o, Morrow stated that be had ex'
| pcrlenccd three forms, Aa described above
| la his practice and from hlH reading Of
| general medical literature on the subject,
| he was convinced that wo unquestlnnably
| have the Russian influenza w thih city
DR., SluaHer stated briefly, "l don't want
70 be interviewed, hut wo have oau epldom.
10 Influenza similar 10 the Tyler Grin, Of
| yealhng
Dr, n. j, March, "Any man who has
| been abreast OF the tunes m medical Jour
nal literature, certainly can not fan 10
recognize our epidemic 10 being identical
| with tlie epidemic they have la Europe.
| II N precisely tie same aa that described
/ hy the mcdlcnl correspondent from 81
Petersburg, Russia, II " precisely the
same aa the epidemic Of 1877. 1 think |
have had 70 cases since January iat
DIR, Phllllph was seen, and hr referred
the reporter 10 the article la the CiHcin-
natl Commcrclal.Gazot,c, which doneH
that there III any real case Of Russian Nv.
lluensn, and stated that ho fully colaclded
| with H.
Dr. 4. NJ. johnson stated that the mum.
her Of cases Of Influenza in thlH city had
not Increased o great deal during the past
i0w days, Ho was u the opinion thnt
lhIa epidemic which h prevalent here 10
not ~ severe Aa tho Russian Influenza, In
that II has not 40 much irritation Of the
throat aud uoHtria, also that the disease
would be- somewhat reduced IN cxtuut if
the weather would become colour ut iH
uu Infectious diHctaCHnd not c0nt1glouhh
uld ho, ut 10 in the atmosphere aud
seems 20 aiioctOdulta than childrCnn