The evening times., 1898-04-06
NEW YORK HAS THE GRIP.
Lighter Than on Former Occasions
hut I'm Epidemic Form.

hut I'm Epidemic Form.
New York. April 6,-Another epidemic
Of grip has descended upon New YORK.
caused. IL is believed, by the kine:oseop-
&c changes in temperature and weather
conditions from which the city has suf-
fered lately. Doctors complain that
they are overworked; every firm IN inc
city having a large force of employees
finds itself shorthandcd; the board OF
health reports an unusual rise In the
percentage of deaths from pneumonia
and some thousands Of people are shuo-
dering and suffering I'm offices and stores
because they will not admit there is any
difference between grip and an ordinary
case OF influenza.
There are no available statistics 10
show Just how many people in New York
are suffering from grip, because only
very few physicians report the cases
they are treating to the health depart
ment IL is known that more than zoJ
cases have been treated al the free hos
pitais of the city during the past week
and from this the health officials lnfer
tha. the sickness is very prevalent.
The present epidemic. the physicians
say. has prevailed for three weeks. AT
first il attracted little attention, because
the disease appeared in masked FORM
and the violent symptoms were absent
Many people We're prostra ed the hrst
week. but as few deaths resulted. IL was
hoped the visitation was transitorE- SlHce
then there has been no remission IN the
attack and the after-effects have beeh
more than usually severe. Physlclahs
say that the present epidemic is not
nearly so severe as that Of 1890 and l%l.
but nromptly qualify this Statement 10y
adding that the present raYages Of the
complaint are much mtigated by the
fact that people generally have learned
10 recognize the symptoms OF grip, ana
know enogh not TO try to treat thenh-
selves.
In many respects the present brand OF
grip. is said To differ from that Whlch
obtained in previous epidemics. There
&c said 10 he an absence of the bone-rack-
ing pains which were formerly consider
ed s,yrnptomatic but i'm their place ma
larial complicatiOns have appeared. ire
opautly of sufficient gravity TO simulate
a severe attack OF malarial fever
The patients who have appeared Tor
treatment at Roosevelt. Gouvcrneur. the
Hudson Street Bellevue and other cl'N
HOSPITALS nearly all complain OF similar
s,-,onfou,s The onset Of the disease Is
marked by a chill Then follows loss OF
annette a duh ache over the top OF the
head feeling" as several patients eN-
messed il. "as if ones brains were
loose" The tongue is thlckly coated, the
ewes are heavy and tinged with Nello"
and there is pain when the eyebails are
turned un. Pain between the shoulder
blades is also a marked symptom. Ia
nearly every case the usual evidences "l
a severe cough and cold were present
The treatment given has usually had
ul,irina FOR its basis. A good deal or use
has been made OF stimGlants. and arse
mic has been tried with good effect.
There H. a regular epidemic OF grip IN
town said Dr. CYRUS Edison YESTERDAY
''but I am glad TO say that il does not
Rppcar to me 10 he particularly canger-
Gus. have no idea Of the number of
case present in the city. but should
think-from what 1 have myself seen and
from CON. creations with other physicians
that the number is very large. An cpl
demic OF grip seems to have become an
annual aaffir in New York but / notice
that each visitation seems TO be httle
lighter than the last
There have been three eniacmics of
grin in New York u first appeared in
December Of 1888 and lasted mtn Feb
ruary 81 lN9t. II was estimated al tha'
time that fullN 21001o people suffered
from the disease. Grip reappeared iI
March Of 1891 and again I'm February
1882 Tho health department accounts
these as true cridemics There have
beer many visitations since. but the pres
ent is the only one which physicians
have dignifed with the title Of an cpl.
demic