Telegram-herald., 1891-12-15
GRIP WITH Us AGAIN
Return Of the Dreaded Epidemic
We All Fear.
IT'S VICTIMS ARB VERY NUMEROUS
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eh.sf aisPsnsAry physician Of sAs city.
estimates sas naassr Of cases Of 10
grippe - 81 Louis ~ so.sea. Three
hundred employees st enc wholesale 20
e4eeo house have been compelled %
quit work. sAa the disease has sRecsed
choir sinacra while the nossslity list
does set Indicate . lsrxs mum Der of
deaths f-sa IL gsapos directly. . great
percentages Of Aem have h-sA largely
iue 20 complications Of iaaaesss and
chronic sfteeGsn- There were thirty
mae mare AeaV.s dariax the last week
taan during ths enc prsvienA or .
total Of sss. N Increase Of seventy over
he sales period last year Many local
physicians upon being interviewed say
hat tho disease ID Contagious or infec-
tioss. Ssariy all are agreed that in
form = 10 not a. violeat a. Is WAS last
easca. that the exposure of the person
does -ot necessarily invite On attack.
but that the malaay seizes upon those
whose systen~ ia in poor eenditios.
Indianapolis sausrs-
IspIAsArsLIs. lad, Dec f4-phy-
sieians estimate that there are 1000
ssses of Ia grippe in the city. with but
. small percentage under treatment
Tho victims hav,, nearly all had a pre-
vious attack OF the faalady, and ara
90 well acquainted with its peculiar
tiles that they do their own doctor
ing. There - scarcely family IN the
city in which one or more persons can
~. 90 found who have been or are SUI
tering from the disease In many of
the Offices and stores the force of en-
ployes is greatly reduced There are
bat few Employees who cannot report
come Of their help AZ home sick The
hotels report a few guests sick with
the disease. but no one seriously
In Cineinnxsi.
CINCINNATI Dee. LA grippe has
.1e appearance of being epid-nic in
lincinnatl Prot Benedict dean Of
the university. Is down with it. and
seventy teachers In the public schools
are moro or less disabled by It. A great
many police officers have been laid
or duty by the disease. The public
charity aud penal Institutions are very
severely affected by it and the malady
seems to be gaining in extent and vio-
fence. There have been seven deaths
trosa influenza in = very short time
It's EAvag~ Down East.
NEW YORK. Dec. 1A.-There is \ good
deal Of talk here just now about the
prevalence of influence in neigh boring
citieS particularly in Connecticut,
where some alarm exists In Norwich.
tor example. nearly fourth of the peo-
=. IA
src reports almost ~ woeful from
,I.nden. Groton. Plainfeld and Bridge
lrt. In some places the malady is
riiy less dangerous than Is the Rus
an influenza" in the countries to
which IL has been carried this year.
At tho port Of New York there Is the
utmost vigilance in guarding Ag aiast
the introduction OF any of the cpl
denies now prevalent ia some Of the
countries Of Europe and in Mex % and
Brazil
In Csatral Ohie.
COLUMBUS. o., Dec. IA. no time
since the grip first made It's appearance
here has IL claimed moro victims than
Just now. The mild weather. with
considerable precipitation, seems to
have furnished Just the conditions the
epidemic requires tn flourish In. ana
all the physicians say the sickness in
Columbus now In almost unprece-
ientcd. The schools show irregular
attendance. due to the epidemic. but
among the children IL has rarely
proved fatal 1t Is with the older peo-
pie. and especially the aged. that il
is most to be feared Even though
they survive the first attack the grip is
rarely entirely elini mated from the
system, and develops into some other
ma!ady that eventually proves fatal
Cr.r~d by La Grippe
MILWAUKEE, Dec f&-Lemucl Rich
ards committed suicide by hanging at
his homo. $50 Aston street. Sunday
morning Three weeks ago be had a
severe attack of Ia grippe. from which
his physician thought be could not re-
cover. he recovered enough. however.
to be able TO get out. but his family
noticed that he was very despoadent
aud that his mind was not clear Mr..
Richards was 20 years of age
In ths Missc.rs v.i,~y-
KANSAS Cry. Mo. Dee A-The
spiassnic of Russian influenza, or. ss it
l. better known. grip" came 10 this
city several days ago. bot has not
reached a malignant form. There are
now about seventy i've cases 10 the city.
although there have been but three
deaths which could be attributed 10 the
nalsdy There are a great number Of
gsses ~ pneumonia ia the city and
snanv % them have been fatal From
nanv Of TIE neigh boring towns come
reports II \ virulcrt form of grip. with
many desths This - especially true
q giser towns along the Missouri val
ley. From western Missouri towns the
reported death rate IS very large
Ers.ssssi- hs Fhsiassgp ass.
Pn1rAcxLFHfs, Dee 1.-The grip
has broken cut in epidemic form in
Fhasdelphia. and physicians report
trnt the number ~ eases fully equals
the number as any time during the
Outbrcsk OF LAST year A numb OF
tAe leading doctors were seen and all
a9rsed that the disease is of nildeF
f8gn tais yesr than last rear or two
yeas ago.
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NAsHvfSxx. T-an Drc IL -is6u-
ssse seems 20 % on . rampage in
Nashville. The estimate comes frcrr
goosi aashcritv that no less than seos
rscrie here ere now under treatment
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f.as~e-s AIR ssd-
ioxrsx. Dsc fa--Rerorts of The
ravsTss 81 insuensz 10 various parts 81
Esrsre are being constantly received
- f~r'EeerS. France. twsnty Of ths
swertgtve pans occupying The Convent