Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-03

ally declares itself by n comparatively
sudden Increase OF all the gravcr aymp-
toms of the original disease. There r.
then an extra chill. followed by rapidly
rising temperature and progressive DIFF
fcuity In breathing. The more or loss
pronounced character Of the two latter
symptoms Indicates the comparative
gravity ~ the second affection
INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS.
"innucnxa. or grip. is ain infectious
and contagious disease due TO the In
nucnza bacillus. In cases of influenza.
or grip. this organism is present In all
the fecrctions Of the nose. throat and
bronchial tubes
"Thc disease Is transmitted from
i-.faon to person through the taking IN
OF these organisms. either from direct
contact or after the sccretlona have
been dried and pulverizcd and inhaled
In the form OF dust
GRIP ~ M contagious ar scarlet
fever. There iH no cause for alarm "
people will only Use little necessary
prrcaution. They should not expose
themselves and should Keep well
clothed"
DEATHS HARVEST GREAT.
All over the land. especially IN the
east has grip been holding victims In
It's mcrcilefa grasp. In New YORK they
have numbered tens Of thousands. aud
other cities have furnished material IN
proportion. Deaths harvest has been
heavy. nnd many distinguished mon
power.
INTERPRETERS WITH BUSINESS.
The salt Lake board OF health has
no means for making an absolutely
correct estimate Of those Who are
stricken with the malady. 10 reports
are not mndn 90 II except In cNtrciie
cases. Yet II is known that the pcr-
ccniarc of people who are suffering
from colds In one form and another N
very great The drug stores arr do-
ing an unprecedented bufinsas IN MI.
ing pulmonary prescriptions. why
said one leading druggist today "cvc-
rybody In town hnH not cold. and un-
icsn there ~ q change pretty soon We
VIII run ont nf quinlnc. whisky nnd
cough syrups."
THAT Mas perhaps somewhat pntron-
izlngly put. but Il came very close to
expressing the exact status Of affairs.
There ~ scarcely n hualncsn houne or
bank In the city whose clerical force n
not greatly reduced ON account Of the
prevalence Of grip. Than II ~ mnnlfcat
In painful frequency among tire labor
Ing .cianrca. In not few instances
whole families are down with the dis
ease. II " estimated that one person
In every fifteen at least throughout the
city IN suffering from II. Not many
deaths have been recorded here ON nc
count Of the liRhtncHa of form. yct
there much suffering withnl. ana the
Indications are that there win be much
moro on account ~ the unfavorahlc
weather conditions OF the y, ont. and
which have prevailed during the past
two or three weeks the temperature
rising and falling with alarming fire.
| qucncy.
INFLUENZA BACILLUS.
AZ TO how the disease Ia caused one
expert says:
''rhc disease cannot be- produced by
any other cause than the influenza bn-
| cillus There are many catarrhal ar
| fcCtionH Of the respiratory tract which
| are improperly called grip. and the dis
| tinction between these and true gfip II
extremely difficult and often impossible
In the mlldcr forms. Gfip. however,
| ~ n much more serious affection. pro-
ducca much greater depression. ana IN
followed by much more serious con-
sequences.
FIRST APPEARANCE IN 1852.
The influenza. or IN grippe. or grip.
aa the Adjudication has made II. first
appeared IN the present generation In
this country In New York. In Dcccm-
Der. 1889. For som. time prior To that
II had been prevalent IN Europe. sweep
Ing the continent. with Russia as It's