Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-06-17
SPOTTED FEVER
Aud Means 81 Avoiding or lessen.
ing lIa HANGER.

A ''spo'ied frsst- :. l-y-asniug n.ore AMI MR.,
prevalent IN this taSn and Va easlr.n. u t,s not h.
anaiss 70 make e~ remark. Ia rvari 90 I'M. ii~ea.,
win the object q preventing ssscnl'g the chsnyc,
a H. Infection.
IN the nr~t plAce spotted fever A. Il |. enron
eaasly termed in this cunn,r Is hy no means ii.
ease special to this citrate quite common IL, the
tropical and scrni tropical ryias and not afrs.Iuet
in the southern States. chiefly in Tev1s
u has been kaosn since Isst when an epsderir
broke ont In Calcutta making hAvoc in a population
Of nearly half million Of souls. Only few Of them
escaping ITS rAvaees.
Over scorc II names have heen applied 20 thi.
affection, each referring one or other az is fra
lures rendered more conspic,ion- IN the dIfcren,
epiemies hut in the best literature on the suit jet
only have be,n retained Dengue and Dandy fever
In the Southern States Il Is popularity denonnated
"hreak bone fever"
In the spring and fail OF the year, when heat
moisture and s,agnaton Of air pre-, ALL and the sur.
face water finds It's way into the wells and springs
the disease makes It's unwele,,me appearance With
more or less intensity, sparng neither sex age nor
social condition. bu; attacking most frequently thoss
who are most exposed.
The initial symptoms Of the disease are very sim.
liar 20 those Of cold chill Is first felt fol
lowed by an intense headache eongested and fearful
eyes. abatement Of forces and pairs In the muscles
AND Joints Of the body sometimes affecting one set 81
muscles, sometimes another. and likewise with the
joints The eruption or breaking out of the spots
occurs generally at the third day or shortly there.
after and is preceded hy high fever.
This formidable array OF symptoms Is very an. 70
create panic both In the patient and hi. friends:
moreover, u the physician consulted. from
inexperienee or eupIli;v for illmerited reputa.
tion, looks and acts though the weight OF the no
spnnsihility Of the verify overwhelming and
all the tension Of his pretended knowledge WAS de
mandei to that pickering existence
The termination Of the disease Is generally fAyor-
able II the proper means used and the patien,
does no, expose himself to taking cold or oyerlinr
the stomach.
The bed room should be ventilated, avoiding any
direct draft toward the patient. the bcd-cio,hes
changed and aired every second third days and the
patients wearing apparel also changed as often
using the utmost caution that no damp or chillei
clothing should be In direct indirect contact with
the body.
The closing up OF windows and doors. the repeated
lbations OF hot drafts after the rash is fully estab
ished, the uncleanliness OF both bed and body not
only prolong the disease by unnecessary debility
from over eopions sweating but are very prone 10
generate far more dangerous fever by the constant
breathing 81 an atmosphere polluted by the poison.
Gus exhaations from the skin and lungs
Chemistry has recently isolated from IN. breath OF
the healthy man poison which surpasses 10 yirIi.
enco any agent heretofore discovered; now compare
II with the fetd respiration Of fever patient and
you will have intensified il hundred fold
As preventive against the dangue IL IL advisable
to abstain FROM drinking water that has not been
previously boiled and cooled at the same time the
bowels should he kept in regular condition by the
use OF mild cstharth.
The excessive Use Of sweating beverages strong
physics. massive doses OF fever Incidence are but
reflex OF the dark ages that should not be tolerated
In this progressive century.
C. G, p. SILVA, NJ ID.
Mountain Home. June IA. 1898.