Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-22
LA GRIPPE CONSIDERED.
what Doctors Have to Say OF THIS
Peculiar Maladi.


C1pRai Of the ioth Inst, IN the 'ofm"'
Sow York corfespondenee'
I'm Christmas week Of 1883 started
- ona morning not feeling very we'll
,,,t by no means counting myself ILL.,
n.y., IN. afternoon had passed, how
o., was suffering severely with a
III 4, the head, u palm In the chest
vi vi a. aching Of the bJnes which re-
h' hu me OF my experience with
haL None fever In New Orleans
ll,.'',ai years before. In the office. ]
Xii Inv my friends that had the
va WV, an,dcmic which hal played sad
, nem In Furope hud had Just made IT,
app,arsnce on this Hide OF thv ocean'
/ went home nnn sent ior my uVo''''
When he came said'
1Doctor, have the grip"
"Indeed, /" replied he, with n smlie
nearly akin to n sneer,. "sn ha. my
a,andfathcr'e grest-grsnimother."
p Ueevidently did not believe, IN the
,,,in. and said that ! only had oau
INA aud an influenza. IL may be thhl
,bst was all, but II was the most IN,
...arvenIent and troublesome bad cold
a. nv experience. During the follow
tns wear, lucky man that | wiz, | dld
~ need 10 see my doctor Mt all. In
Iocusfy. however, Of 1891, | was
s,,arked precisely the same ne the
-, before. AVin I sent for my doc
;orand again Informed him that
tas The grip. This time lao did not
,nesr and talk TO me about any OF mis-
csandmothefs, hut put inc through
In. Of treatment and Acknowledged
mai Il was tie prevailing Epidemic
that had seized upon me. mention
mi. experience, because In TIC hr-t
y.ar of the experience OF 10 grippe =
great many conservative mrilcaI
man were skeptical about the prevail.
ing disease being IN any wise diuer'
ent from the ordinary colds which
nbound every winter. But all OF them
have been Obliged to abandon sucu
IDEAS and u acknowledge that u
rrippe Is precisely what tue European
doctors said 1t was when II Appeared ~
Rnssia in November Of 1889, anu
rapidly spread over Europe AMI also
America.
La grippe IL by no means a new dlS'
ease, but II appears at interval s 80 lone
That the great majority OF those VINO
live during one of Its periods 10 not
survive until another arrives. II " OF
record that this discafc attnctvd the
hthenian army during the Pel0pon.
ueslan wur, 800 years before the Chris
tlan era, Ant from then till his time
every now and again II has appeared
In lAiT the disease originated Ia Asa,
sprcad over Europe aud came also To
~. spanish colonies In America IN
iBl5 there was another epidemic OF II
In Europe, and this dine II came TO TIE
Hrltsh colonies in America. The last
time II prevailed previous TO now was
inst after the death OF President VIII
liam. Henry Harrison In 1871 aud THE
accession ~ office Of the Nice.Presi.
dent, John Tyler. Then II was called
the "rylcr grip.n out Of compliment
10 the President, whose course was
worrying his party associates as
much ~ the disease trouble
the people NJ large. Then u
appear,l again IN December, 1889,
came back last winter and re,ppeare1
this present season. II will be gtatiiy-
ing 10 know that the previous epiiemics
usually ran their course In three years
and disappeared, though II mas lasted
aslOng as five years.
So many persons have had the
disease that II would be n waste OF
sIaco to describe the symptoms OF the
mslAjy. Probably there Is not n
family Ia the United States some Nom.
Ter Of which has not been n victim.
Therefore, In every household Ia
grippe l. known when u appears. As
TO its cause there has been much
speculation. The predisposlng causes
OF the disease are un-suitary, illthy
conditions, coupled with peculiar
AtmU.nheric states. The exciting
cause, without doubt, Ia n germ or
bacillus. This germ infccls the human
system and giv1s rise 10 the symptoms
that chafacterlZe the disease. Dr..
Cyrus Edison, the chief inspector Oi
the health department Of New York
city, has made q special study OF the
epidemic, and through his official
work has had exceptionally good ops
IOrtuuities 10 observe II He has
bec0mo the accepted authority aud ha-
written q book, LA Grippe and Ia
Treatment, (Which says about all thai
"a 10 be said on tho subject. In speak
ing OF the attack Of the germs on the
system DR.. EisOn has said: "Iu effect
lug this, however, II either evolve'
something that Ia deadly T. It, own
growth, or 1t Is killed by some protect
ing influence brought to bear upon II
by the human organism. Indeed, u
Il by one or the other OF these mean,
that nature la behalf OF mankind copet
With all disease germs. Her field every
where Ia one " constant warfare"
Medical men have disputed hotly a.
10 whether or not Ia grippe 10 cOntR
Hlous. But all agree as TO It's infection
character. The germs by which II II
caused probably have the power Of liv
Ing aud multiplying In the mir, waite
or soil outside NJ the human holy. The
hDdyla then Infected with them through
The medium OF infected matter. Tn
time that elapaes between the reception
OF the germs In the system and Tia,
development OF the disease Is from
eighteen to tweuty.four hours.
Dr. lds0n recommends the following
general directions to be followed n
leuhing % reduce the danger OF con
uhetlng the disease IN n minimum
anu he thinks they are specially i'm
Iottaht 10 persons convalescing from
o1her ailments and to old persons aud
young children;
WARM wooden clothing should b,
worn next 10 tho skin. A plain
hourlHhing diet should he taken.
Meals should be eaten with regull r
n.y. Late hours AMI crowded place
should 10 avoided. Keep indoors a
mueh IA possible. When In tho opel
slr Keep IN motion. Avoid wotting tn
Ieel' On entering house remov,
wraps NJ once. Keep away from per
sons afflicted with the diseaee.
"lnR word, avoid exposure and tx
cess adopt regular habits and liv
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