Telegram-herald., 1890-01-05
TURNED HIS BRAIN.
A New YORK Physician Goes Mac
trum Influenza
DE- Paul HoFFHAS IS TRE llCrlE.
as l. Taken 90 q Hespstsi q Szyare slanias
Tes Disease Attsaa1d os Mors
Serious Results Auone szzies
fhaa felnales


man. ~ New Nors. assistant saDerin-
tenoent ~ schools, las been taken u a
hospital r4yIng maniac frem the ef-
tects a. luhuenza- Friday night lie pa
trole1 the corridors u Ehe nst ia ahlch
te resides nring or revolver Later
on he WeAt out lnto the street and was
arrested oy a. or1cer while re- klessiy
h0-riSAlng the weapon.
NFw YORK Jan The ravages o.
Ia grippe continue. and not Few phys
clans have arrived AT TIE conclusion
that IN is serious manifestations 4 IS
70 DO regarded as symptom Of
pneumonia. There seem 70 be-
good ground for this view in the
unprecedented mortality recorded re
GENTLY from pneumonia. During the
twenty -four hours ended al noon Friday
220 deaths from all causes were reported
70 the health board OF this number
hfty-one were from pneumonia, forty
one from consumption, fifteen from
bronchitis and four from influenza.
Such number II deaths IS phenom-
enal for the time OF year. DR.. Tracey.
the statistician Of the health depart
ment said that IL was exceeded only one
daY in $50 and that was in the warm
est part Of tho summer Then the mum
ber Of deaths in twenty-four hours was
227.
Another interesting pheno menou Of
the epidemic Is that il has attacked
men in greater numbers and with
more serious results than women.
Physicians account Tor this by the
greater exposure 10 which men arc sub
iected. The records az the health
department show that out Of fifty
deaths from pne umonia more than half
the victims were men.
There have been ninety deaths from
pneumonia so far this week in Brook
lyn The total mortality for the week
Is expected 20 run up 10 about 400, or
sixty more than last week. There were
ll6 members Of the Brooklyn police
force on the grippe list Friday, being
four less than the previous day.
WASHINGTON, Jan. "A large mum
Der Of Congressmen are down with the
grip aud the work in the departments
is seriously retarded by the prevailing
sickness among tho clerks and officials.
In fact, there is no business in the city
that is not more or less affected by it.
BosToS, Jan. 4.-Eleven deaths re-
sulting from influenza have been re-
ported TO the Board Of Health within
the past ten days. In each case, how
ever, la grippe was complicated
with some other disease. The
deaths all occurred between Do
cember % and January l, four OF
them on December 90 The patients
were Of varying ages. mostly adults,
and it is noticeable that while old
people and young infants are suscepti-
bic, children from to Il years old are
not.
WALTHAM, Mass, Jan. Maria Pull
ford, a schoolgirl, aged "A years, was
found dead in bed at the home Of her
uncle. Isaac Pulford. Friday morning
The doctor pronounced H. case Of la
grippe. She had complained of head
ache and of not feeling we'll for several
days but had attended school and was
not supposed to be seriously i'll
CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 4.-Health on
Ger Ashmun, Of this city, reports that
there are 5000 cases OF Ia grippe in
Cleveland. Policemen, fremen, street
railroaders and nearly all classes are
attacked by H. There have yet been no
fatal cases here.
MANHATTAN. Kan, Jan. 4-One hun
dred cases of influenza are reported
here, mostly Of mild type. At Olathe,
Kan, a canvass among the physicians
revealed the existence Of seventy-five
cases Of the disease.
BELvIDrEE, Ill, Jan. 4. - The in
fuen-s has reached this city and Is
spreading rapidly. There is probably
thirty cases, and new victims are being
reported hourly.
PABKERsBUHG, w. Va, Jan. This
State has begun 70 experience la grippe.
Information from Martinsburg. Charles
ton. Huntington, Wheeling. Clarks-
burg. Point Pleasant and several other
points is that there are a number of
cases OF genuine influenza In tbs city
many are down with the disease. Gov
ernor Wilson and Secretary Of State
Walker are among the afflicted A
number of children have IL. On the
Ohio side, Just sdjoining this city. there
are many cases So FAR there have been
no fatalities
PAB1s. Jan. IA sudden change in
temperature las greatly increased the
number o. cases and deaths from infu-
enza The streets were deserted. the
thesters and cafes empty. and The shops
wore closed two hours earlier Friday
evening than is the custom. Few
wealthy people are left in the city and
those vbo arc able az leaving he city
In haste
NICE, Jan. The doctors Of the
Riviera are orerworked attending pa
tients wifh Influenza Persons convs-
lesccnt with pulmonary msladies srs
ready victims O. tie epidemic.
THE HAeUF. ian 4-The influenza
l. spreading throughout Holland TIE
tch Ral'way Compan7 has been
obliged % restrict tae transportation of
freight owing 20 the crippled condition
% rs staff of employees
LoVuov Jan. 4-Rirht Hon Henry
Chaplin. presi lens ~ the Board a Az
rica fu-e. hss been sttscke8 bv tra tr-
1er7a q severe forrr re s confined
~ his bed TIE disease hss made its
appsarsn~- .u Liverpool The cons-
giou tbsre is di-e-f. r trscssb'e - letters
that csus fro0 Russia There srs
ram eros. cases . the lsssss Rlrksn-
bead and Dar- ester
BxRTEv Jan The Dowsra- F--
press AaFnsts ia sa@srlrF from an -
ts~. ~ f~f-erra TIE schools Halle