New-York tribune., 1891-12-27
PASS seas and has been known to attack ships In

pass seas and has been known to attack ships In
mid ocean
THE symptoms Of the grippe are somewhat As fol
lows: The patient feels chilly. or perhaps shiVerS
presently headache occurs with sense Of tghtncss
across the forehead the eyes become tender ana
watery and sneezlng and copious acrd dischafse
from the nose ensue followed accompanied by neat
and uneasiness about the throat hoarSeness trouDe
some cough, u sense of construction In the chest ana
oppression OF breathing In fact. the symptoms are
those OF very bad cold 10 which are added suu-
den early aud extraordinary subdual OF strength
and most commonly great depression OF spirits
THE debility which comes on at the very ou'se'
OF the complaint Is one of its most striking phenomena
occurring as 1t does almost instantly, ana pelle
apparently much greater hah "o"i'
have been anticipated from the symptoms
1t ushers in Indeed. the rapid and remarkable pros
raton is more essentially part Of the disorder tn.l
the catarrhal affection, which Is sonetes,, ths
rarely abseut OF mpeTceptbe. Not infrequenuy leis
EN Mes snd eres Si g appe and taste Completely
ard nausea and vomiting are not uuCohmon'. tiS S
Sometimes exheiss peculiar musty odor sometime:
prOfuse perspiration is a prominent Symptom, i h
patient complains also Of bss IN H IN varos parts
ihe BODY The most il& uent complications are broh
ch Is 1Sa bsydnd aaeson infectious and by
many believed 10 be contagious. All contagious useaIS
have remarkable properly ara i tSere ai Is period
OF incubation latency. during which II YES uV nna III
SnG PSGuses e Ss 6Hoyan mo This ncabave period S
posed not TO exist in the Of the grp wica sirhe
down persons in perfect health almost ike s'rohe VI
lSetinigs iig are we 70 account for the fact that all
as 6sns EQUALLY eaps eHp0' d DO e not know the
of IT, These peculiaIItiss If we may 50 , M rat%re ah9
are not nnSnoSn IN Staer GIsir snd well exposed to
wind and rain, uniformly cnivs,ee dav au and hv the
Ta the w sas sa Sgses Sh sy Of rodSee the
expanse Is marred by some one spot WHERE 'i @ 10y
not account for this for 1t may occur a. some eh s
where on former years there has bcen rom .ne % Sa
labor and seeds an abundant there e nav be- under
identical circumstances an exceptionally good CrUp
From this would ss ss ana hsg seed SOMETHING
more than exposure TO It's influence ana this soe'hs
cal mjna nsw PseRHdrS eWs drs apparently
in the same good condition Of health, whom a, saw
ry OStG Ss 0'Snssa Ss q them Ss WI iHS
dsfgured from mosquito bites the other heVcr CA
perenced the slightest ANNOYANCE from & te arn can bo
prevented Unfortunately we know Of none w
favorable hygenc conditions ana hnt prsons
in most favorable circumstances may be a1tacSea, ~ ~
wond be almost absurd to formulate % now yasd 70 wys
The treatment must be entirely symptomatic inc at
Tendance Of medical man rho eS1ia Tsa sT time
Inc grip after you get over tt the greatest eaie Is
tSS t2 p peVfte re- te HdFondacEs Better Near
hand we have the pines of Lakewood ana SNORT as,
tance from It, su better, Barnegst PAX combining l
the balsamic atmosphere OF the pines with the lhVlg
Grating air of the sea-" a.
The grip is not as prevalent IN Brooklyn, according TO
Dr. John s. Young. the Deputy Commissoner OF tne
Health Department, the returns show IL 10 DC III
some other cities particularly In the West NeveI{ne
less the grip Is tiere and as % % S.a c,nse Gnrinc
the last week against two the week before There are
many bronchial diseases prevalent also, as well as a
good deal Of pneumonia. The statistics ior the a. a.
two weeks show falling Off in pneumonia For thc
week ending yesterday the deaths attributed to pneu-
mona were sixty-nne, while the week before they
numbered seventy-sx. Bronchial troubles are on inc
increase there being fory-nine deaths last week due
10 them as against twenty the week before. In addl-
ton these three deaths during the last week were
attributed to influenza. - -
Dr. Young SAYS that it is impossible to draw any con
cusions from comparison Of the statistics OF the
present month with those Of the same time last year
last year the grip did not appear until spring TO any
great eXert This year Il early. If II really he thH
grip lie that ii is TIE same disease as tlat
which for two years has gone under that name but
there Is certainly of throat troubles about .
Many Of the physicians Of IlrOoltlyn say that they
have Of zip. but that at present they are not
apprehensivc Of any immediate epidemic. There are
many cases scarlet fever and dlphhera In the city
however. though those diseases by no means cpl
demc. The cases OF scarlet fever are fewer than
us.o1