The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-01-08
TIE RUSSIAN EPIDEMIC.
WIDESPREAD PREVALENCE OF ia
GRIPPE" IN EUROPEAN LANDS.

Several Royal sufferers-A Philadelphia
Physicians Description OF tho Maiady.
with Suggestions as to Remed es for Its
Successful Treatment-An Epidemic of
sneexing.
The following cable messages show the
spread of the Russian influenza in European
countries:
Paris cables The influenza Is now
spreading and is very fatal Fully one
third the populace is Frustrated. The
number of deaths In the city from all
causes on Christmas day was BIS. For
several years past the regular average
has been 200 for til at day. The editor Of
the Moniteur Universe and three soldiers
died in Versai lies hospital to-day.
Vienna cable: The hospitals in this
city are Gro wded with patients suffering
from influenza, Inflammation of the lnngs.
pleurisy, and peritonitis. There are over
one hundred cases of influenza in Prague.
Baron kremers. the orientalist, died to-
day from the effect of influenza.
Berlin cable: For some days past
there had been few cases OF influenza at
Koenigsberg but the disease has now be-
come epidemic. and some Of the cases are
Of the most serious nature. The disease is
increasing throughout Germany. In
cases where the disease is sighted or not
treated it engenders pulmonary disorders.
The doctors say that the elm ak is passed
i'm this city and that the disco SO Is on the
wane.
Lisbon cable: There are 1000 suf-
ferers from the influenza here, including
the Queen and Senior Comes, the foreign
81 70
Is increasing.
cal men, the Governor Of Madrid presid =
ing, has been held to consider measures
for coping with the epidemic of influenza,
which is rapidly spreading. 1t was decided
TO open relief bureaus at all the hospitals
and distribute appropriate medicine among
the iicted.
London cable. The Countess of Flanders,
Prince Baudouin, and the Queen of Rou-
mania are suffering from influenza.
st. Petersburg cable: The Car is
making favorable progress toward re-
covery from his attack of influenza. He
has never been IN critical condition, and
no fears have been felt as to tie outcome
of his illness.
Philadelphia pa dispatch: The Medi-
cal News of Philadelphia publishes an
grippe, 10y Prof. Robert Bartholomew of
jefferson Medical college After giving a
historical sketch of the disease and its
pathology. the author says:
"lnhnenza comes suddenly; goes as
quickly. The least robust, at any age,
and women seem to be the first victims
The large number simultaneously attack
ed attracts general attention, and thus the
most impressionable are seized, the onset
being facilitated bylany depressing emotion
like fear of illness. There is no rigor,
properly to be thus designated, but rather
\ series of light chills and feeling OF heat
herewith. Sometimes malaise of gener-
al kind is experienced, but, like the attack
itself, is short in duration, lasting but a
few hours.
with the first access OF the nasal and
faucial irritation comes the chilliness,
which is followed by some fevershness,
with more pronounced malaise, and in
general headache, weakness, and sore
ness of the members, especially of the
larger joints. With the progress of the
case, in some epidemics, there Is consider
able general weakness, even marked
| depression of the vital powers. The pulse
! becomes small and we ak, the mind
! gloomy, and restlessnesS ensues. When a
fatal termination is TO occur, as a rule, an
extension downward into the trachea and
bronchi takes place.
although catarrhal and croupous
pneumonia are said In be complications
they should be regarded as occasional con-
ditions, and when present, are, properly
speaking, constituent parts of tho malady y.
The chief importance of croupous and
catarrhal pneumonia is that the develop
ment Of these, out of an existing CataI rh
| Of ic -
death.
1.-The rapidity with which the disease
supervenes-its preliminary developments
being hours and its whole career but a
matter OF three or four days-is remark
| BILE. Relapses are common, usually each
succeeding sci ,ure being mider, but not a
few pass by easy transition into chronic
bronchitis, emphysenia, asthma. etc.
Obviously catarrhal process, extensive
and severe, may contribute immensely to
! chronic disease OF the middle ear,
eustachian tube, nose and throat, and
thus permanently damage the parts
"The best method of securing immunity
is by the inhalation of sulphurous acid
gas daily when the approach of the
epidemic renders it necessary, and by
taking five grains Of salicylate of cinchoni-
dine three times day and by so living as
to avoid taking cold. When the attack
has begun il seems to me desirable to give
one or two grains OF calomel at night, in
hale some sulphurous acid gas, and have
| the patient sit in room where steam con-
tanning oil of eucalyptus can lie inhaled in
large quantities. The Insulation OF
resorcin by busting over the entire area
of affected parts as far rs practicable i:
also recommended.
"The internal remedy most desirable il
atropine in solution lone grain to an
ounce of water-dose being from l to
drops, the minimum being for little child.
rem after first indentationl. The tine.
ture of belladonna may be used
to 10 drops twice day. As the medica
ment is prompt and prolonged in action
it should be given not more thar
/ twice a day, unless the dose be much
smaller than is advised above. Sal
icylate of chinchonidine and qunine
should be given as a prophylactic remedy
IL there be reasons to suppose that such
power is really expected by it. My own
conviction is that as a prophylactic the
combination of cinchonidne with salicy-
! lie acid is preferable to quinine. For the
depression and melancholy it 10 preb able
that atropine will do better. For the dis
tressng headache, joint pains, and wake
tlIness, antipyrin, acetanilid, phonacetin,
and other remedies and antiseptics will no
doubt be found useful. ~
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