New-York tribune., 1891-12-25

II the increase in mortality continues until 10
morrow as Dr. Nagle exrects, the number OF deaths
during the week will be the 1,Ooo marx Inc
highest number Of deaths in single week during 'he
epidemic Of last spring was 1,347.
Dr. r. S. Tracy, the Register of vital Statistics
shook his head mournfully when he looked NJ he
figures for five days and said they indicated ne
turn OF the grip epidemic. Earlier In the week nc
predlcted that there would be no epidemic OF the
disease In New-York this winter. although he s"u
II was apparent that there were nuInber Oh pei
suffering from influenza Only fatal cases VI In
fuenza are r~ported to the Health Board ana .ne
sanltarans Judge by the death record IN eS'ini"uis
the prevalence Of the disease.
Dr. Moreau Morris, of the Health Department. was
suffering from influenza yesterday, and between coughs
he said to a Tribune reporter: There is great ue
Of influenza in the city now, but do not peeVe theo
is an epidemic Of the grip. When people SuHer iO"i w
the grip the entire nervous system Is aeo'eu' Ano
usual symptoms of a hard cold or OF inuuehha alc
aggravated and are accompanied by violent pains In
the head back and limbs, and by physlca Pio'~a
ton and weakness There undoubtedly a num-
her NJ cases OF the grip In the city now, Tor per
eonallv have observed q few Of them, but grca'
MANY persons who think they have the grip are suer-
ing only from severe coids UT iio
influenza. The muggy. changeaoie wealher "h''"
we have had lately is the cause OF mueh Oh inc sAne
Women. wearing winter wraps, crowd the sloies III
go ont into the open air and stand looking at shop VII"
dows until thev get cool Business meL rush IN ana
ont NJ stores wearing heavy overcoats, and when c!
GET in a car where there Is dranght they uhro" on
their coats 70 set cool The sudden stopping Oh per
.niration causes colds If had been having steady
cold weather of late, would hear less about te srp
now The habit Of exaggerating ones own ailments
leads many persons TO think and say that they ha'
the grip when they only have Influenza"
DR. Cyr1s Edson, Chief Inspector OF Contagious Dis
eases said. "I have observed about half dozen
cases of the grip in my private practice with le"
days and have no doubt that the disease IS causing
a great deal of suffering In the city win such ui
favorable weather. the trouble may increase Tapio9
pone shoud not try to treat themselves they have
the gip because the disease Is likely TO prove fai Ill
complication with other troubles. The best way Is 10
cou a tamiIv phvslcan as soon as the symptoms OF
grip appear , -,
In his recent work on the disease Dr. Edison described
the symptoms as follows: "The period OF rcupatoh
appears to be eighteen to twentyfou hours Inc
onset OF invasion IS extremely sudden. Patients COM
pain of shvering or chilly sensations down the back
vertigo often excessive frontal headache muscular OF
Joint pains and great prostration In an exceedingly
short time the temperature ises high In some cases
As lO5 degrees 1t varies according 10 the seVent!
of the attack from l01 degrees to 1O5 degrees or even
in rare cases to 1868 degrees Fahrenheit The puise
is accelerated but in proportion to the high 'em-
perature.
Two distinct varieties of the disease have appeared
the ebrcu!ar or nervous and the catarrhal Inc ior-
mer is most common, the latter most severe In lts
effects The febrcular, nervous, form Is character
lied by the symptoms already mentioned ana by severe
pans attributed by patients TO the bones OF the lower
extremites, back and hips. The prostration Is not
dangerous except to weakened and debiltated lhd-
yduals The catarrhal FORM Of the epidemic IS
marked by the same prOdroma symptoms as the eDrcu
lar but in addition these there are sneezlng ana
coughing due 10 the congestion Of the mucous mem
brane OF the respiratory tract This sometimes results
in bronchitis of the smaller capillary bronchi, Or
even In broncho-pneumonia- The eyes are congested
and watery Some suffer from acute catarrh
Of the stomach and have IN consequence, persistent
vomiting The sense OF taste, we'll as that Of SMELL
is. in many instances, temporarily lost"
THE DISEASE PREVALENT IN BROOKLYN.
The grip Is prevalent in Brooklyn, according to
Dr. John s. Young the deputy health commissioner.
What The cause Of the trouble Is he not certain.
Part Of il at least may attributed TO re unreasonable
weather At any rate, throat disease Is almost
endemic The records of the Health Department
now that the death rate does not compare favoraoly
with that Of the same time last year. The deaths
from bronchial diseases have increased considerably