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

ally declares itself by n comparatively
sudden Increase ~ oll the gravcr synp-
toms ~ the original disease. There is
then an extra chill. followed by raridly
rising temperature and progressive dit
ficully In breathing. The more or less
pronounced character OF the two latter
symptoms indicates the comparative
gravity of the SECOND affection"
INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS.
"Innucnza. or grip. u an Infectious
and contagious disease due 10 the IN
iiucnzn bacillus. In eases ~ influenza,
or grip. this organism " present IN AL
the HecrctionH of the nose. throat ANA
bronchial tubes.
"Thr disease ~ transmitted from
person To person through the taking IN
Of these organisms. either from direct
contact or after the secreiionH have
been dried and pulverizcd and inhaled
In the form Of dust
"Grip is na contagious aH scarlet
fever. There II nn cause for alarm VI
people will only urc n little necessary
procnution. 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 victima IN
its mcrcilcaa grasp. In New York they
have numbered tens Of thousands. aud
other cities have furnished material IN
proportion. Deaths harvest has been
hravy, and many distinguished mon
and women have surrendered to it,
power.
INTERPRETERS WITH BUSINESS.
The aalt Lake board of health has
no means Tor making an absolutely
correct estimate nf those who ~"
Ia. a IL IA IL
are not made 80 IA except In cAtrrm"
eases. Vet II ~ known that the per-
centagc 81 people who are suffering
from colds IN one form nnd another u
very great. The drug stores are du-
ing an unprecedented bufinesa Ia NIL
ing pulmonary prescriptions. why
said one leading druggist today "cVc-
rybOdy In town has not u cold. ana uu-
less there IN change pretty soon We
viii run ont ~ qulninc. whisky and
cough Hyrups"
Thnt Mas perhaps somewhat patron
lgingly put. but u came very close to
expressing the exact status % affairs.
There IN scarcely huHinean house or
bank In the city whose clerical force n
nu' greatly reduced ON account Of the
prevalence ~ grin. Then u ~ manifest
IN painful frequency among the labor
ing classes In not n few instances
whole families are down with the dis
ease. II ~ estimated that one person
IN every fiftecn at least throughout the
city IL suffering from Il. Not many
deaths have been recorded here, ON uC-
count Of the iiHhtncHa Of form. yet
thsrn much suffering withni. and tho
Indications are that thorc viii be- much
more on account ~ the unfnVornhle
weather conditions OF the present. and
which have prevailed during the past
two or three weeks. the temperature
rising and falling with alarming IRE.
qucncy.
INFLUENZA BACILLUS.
A. TO how the disease IL caused one
expert rays;
''Thc disease cannot be produced by
any other cause than the influenza ba-
| cillur. There arc many catarrhal nf-
| fcctlonH Of the respiratory tract which
are Improperly called grip, and the dis
| tinction between these and true grip ID
extremely difilcuit and often Impossible
In the mlldcr forms. Grip. however.
IL much more serious affection, pro-
duccH much greater depression. aud II
followed by much more serious con-
| sequences.
FIRST APPEARANCE IN 1859.
The influenza. or Ia grippe. or grip.
M the AnFllclzation has made II. nrat
appeared IN the present generation In
this country In New York. In Decom-
Der. isss. For some time prior TO that
II had been prevalent In Europe. sweep.
ing the continent. with Russia as it,