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PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2-Ths Ecii.
cal News Of this city publishes a arti-
Gle on influenza, fla grippe" by Prof.
Roberts Bartholomew, Of Jefferson
Medical College. After giving IN his.
torical sketch Of the disease. its plthol-
ogy and morbid anatomy, the satAsr
says:
Influenza comes suddenly; eoes -
quickly. The least robust. at AIRY age,
and women seem 70 lie tie first victims.
1t Is here a question Of bodily condition
and not Of the sex. The large num-
bers simultaneously attacked attract
general attention, and thus the most
impressionable are seized, the onset be-
Ing facilitated by any depressing eno-
ton, such ~ fear or Illness.
There Is no rigor, property to b
thus designated, but rather = series Of
light chills and a feeling Of heat there
with. Sometimes malaisc Of a general
kind is experienced, but. like the at
tack itself. Is short in duration testing
but a few hours.
with the first access Of the nasal
irritation comes the chilliness. which 10
followed by some fever Shines with
more pronounced malaise. and in gen
eral the headache. weakness and SIRE.
ness Of the members. especially u the
larger joints. With the progress, OF tho
case In some e%pidemics there Is cor.
siderable weakness, even marked Do
preston Of the vital powers. The
pulse becomes small and weak, Ne
mind gloomy and ~restlessncss ensues.
"When q fatal termination il ~ oe-
cur, III u rule. an extension downward
into the trachea and bronchi takes
place.
Although catarrhal and croapous
pneumonia are said to be complications
they should be regarded ~ occasional
considerations and when present are,
properly speaking, constituted parts Of
the malady.
"The chief Importance Of croupous
and catarrhal pneumonia Is that the
development Of these. out ~ an exist
ing catarrh Of the bronchi, u froquaat-
ly u cause Of death.
THE rapidity with which the disease
s~upervenes, its preliminary develop
ment being hours and It's whole carU
but n matter OF three or four days, Ia
remarkable. Relapses are common,
usually each succeeding seizure being
milder. but not u few pass by easy
transition into chronic bronchitis, -.
physcma, asthma. etc.
obviously u catarrhal process 10
extensive aud severe, may contribute
Immensely to chronic disease Of the
middle car, eustac!iau tube. nose aud
throat, and thus permanently damage
the parts.
"The best manner q securing i'm
munity IL by the inhalation Of sai.
phuric ncid gas daily when ths xp-
proach Of the epid mic renders IL nee.
"ssAry. and by taking Ave grains a.
salicytate Of cinchonidine three times
u day and by 10 living as 70 avoid tai.
ing cold.
"Whon the attack has tcsua u
seems tn me desirable to give enc o.
two grains Of calomel ut night, inhalO
INT sulphuric acid gas. and have Tho
patient sit In u room where steam Q n
tanning eucalyptol can he inhaled In
large quantity. The i%nsuf1atoa Of
resorcin by busting over the entire
area Of affected parts rs far ~ Hac.
teal In also recommended.
Tho internal remedy most desirable
is atrophine In solution-one grain -
II I'M Of watcr--thc dose helng
from n IN hve drops. the minimum
being for little children. The iiWcturU
Of belladOnna may be used from one
To tSn drops twice n day. A. this
mehicant Is both prompt and prolonged
in action. II should be given not more
than twice q day. unless the dsse 10
much smaller than Ia advised above.
Salicytate Of cinchonidine aud quinine
should In given ~ u pr0phylactic rem
edy, II there he reasons 10 suppose that
such power Is really cxerted by it,
My W conviction Is that - .
prophylactic the combination Of Elm.
chOnidinc with salic,lic acid Is prefer
able TO Quinine. For the depression
and melancholy II Is probable that
atrophine would bc better. For the
distressing headache, joint pains and
wakeiulness xntipyrin, acetAnitid,
phc~nacetitid. p~henacctin and other gsr.
micides and anti,eptics will, M doubt,
he found useful"
u OUTBREAK At NRW S0aE .
New YORK. dec. .S.-The number
Of persons In New York and Brooklyn
suffering from influenza is very large
and constantly increasing. In most
cases the patient IL subjected ~ ever
muscular pains, catarrh. great debility,
etc, with numerous concoDitant
discomtits varying In different cases,
some cases running into affections Of
tho bowels and Others thoss Of the
lungs. While no instances 81 death due
directly TO iniuensa have been ~
lorted the number Of deaths from
pneumonia has increased So rapidly -
to indicate some connection t~tweeo
the epidemic u so-callet induc IN and