The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-01-01
The RUSSIAN PLAGUE.

| A Philadelphia Medse., Exper4 G. ves some
Intsresting Points In Regard to the Pro-
Gress and Treatment OF the Prevailing
| Eptdemic-Ths Influenza Reaches This
Country.
| PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 2S.-The Eedi-
cal News of this city publishes an arti-
Gle on influenza, ia grippe" by Prof.
Roberts Bartholomew, of jefferson
Medical College. After giving an his
torical sketch of the disease, its pathOl-
ogy and morbid anatomy, the author
says:
Influenza comes suddenly; goes as
| quickly. The least robust, ut any age,
| and women seem to be the first victims.
1t is here a question of bodily condition
and not of the sex. The large num-
hers simultaneously attacked attract
| general attention, and thus the most
impreSSionable are seized, the onset be-
ing facilitated by any depressing emo
ton, such as fear or illness.
There is no rigOr, properly to be
| thus designated, but rather u series OF
light chills and a feeling of heat there
with. Sometimes malaise of u general
kind is experienced, but. like the at
tack itself, is short in duration lasting
but few hours.
with the first access of the nasal
irritation comes the chillineSs. which is
| followed by some feverIshneSs with
more pronounced malaiSe. and in gem
eral the headache, weakness and sore
ness of the members, especially of the
larger joints. With the progress of the
case in some epidemicS there is con-
siderable weakness, even marked de-
preston of the vital powers. The
pulse becomes small and weak, the
mind gloomy and restlessness ensues.
when fatal termination is to &C.
cur, as rule, an extension downward
into the trachea and bronchi takes
place.
although catarrhal and croupous
pneumonia are said to he complications
they should be regarded as occasional
considerations and when present are,
properly speaking, constituted parts of
the malady.
1.-The chief Importance of crOupOus
and catarrhal pneumonia is that the
development of these, out of an exist
ing catarrh of the bronchi, is frequent
ly a cause or death.
The rapidity with which the disease
superveneS, its preliminary develop
! ment being hours and it's whole care
, but a matter OF three or four days, is
remarkable. Relapses are common,
usually each succeeding seizure being
milder. but not few pass by easy
transition into chronic bronchitis, en-
physema, asthma, etc.
obviously 4 catarrhal process 50
Extensive and severe, may contribute
immensely to chronic disease of the
| middle ear, euStachian tube. nose and
throat, and thus permanently damage
the parts.
1.-The best manner Of securing i'm
munity is by the inhalation of sui
phuric acid gas daily when the ap-
prOach of the cpd mic renders it nee
essdry, and by taking five grains of
salicytate of cinchonidine three times
day and by SO living Us to avoid TAX
ing cold.
"When the attack has begun it
seems to me desirable to give one or
two grains of calOmel ut night, inhale
'ome sulphuric acid gas, and have the
patient sit in room where steam con-
tanning eucalyptOl can be inhaled in
large quantity. The Insulation of
resorcin by busting over the entire
area of affected parts as far as prac-
teal is also recommended
1.-The internal remedy most desirable
is atrOphine in sOlutiOn-one grain to
one ounce of water-the dose being
from one to five drops, the minimum
being for little children. The tincture
of belladOnna may be used-frOm one
to ten drops twice day. As this
medicant is both prompt and prolonged
in action. it should be given not more
than twice day, unless the dose be
much smaller than is advised above.
Salicytate of cinchOnidine and quinine
should be given as prOphylactic rem
ely, if there be reasons 10 suppose that
such power is really eXerted by it.
MY own conviction is that as a
prOphylactic the combination of Gin
chOnidine with salicvlic acid is prefer
able to quinine. For the depression
and melancholy it is probable that
atrOphine would be better For the
distressing headache, joint pains and
wakefulness antipyrin, acetanitid,
phenacetitid, phenacetin and other ger
micides and antiseptics will, no doubt,
be found useful"
THE OUTBREAK AT NEW YORK.
NEW YORK. Dec. 2S.-Tie number
of persons in New York and Brooklyn
suffering from influenza is very large
and constantly increasing. In most
cases the patient is subjected to severe
muscular pains, catarrh. great debility,
ETC., with numerous concomitant
discounts varying in different cases,
some cases running into affections of
the bowels and others those of the
lungs. While no instances Of death due
directly to influenza have been re-
lOrted the number of deaths from
pneumonia has increased so rapidly as
to indicate some connection between
the epidemic of so-called influe MA and
pneumonia.
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