The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1901-12-23
CIRCLED THE WORLD.
JOURNEY or THE ePiP AROUND THIS
EARTH.
Properly speaking u l. an Asistio
Distsmpcr Appears In Warm a.
Wen as Cold Countries Cause. Many
Deaths


That distressing ailment. influenza.
commonly known as the grip. did not,
like Nerne's voyagor, encircle the globe
In eighty days. but It has accomplished
the journey Just the same, much to the
discomfort of those whom II has at
tackled. Il has been called the Russian
soourge, because II made its first Eu-
ropean appearance In that country.
but properly /, Il an Aslatic distemper
and to that continent Il returned by
way OF the United States Japan has
caught this infection from San Fran
cisco and the little brown men and
women OF the mikado's realm are hav-
ing their days and nights OF protracted
sneezing and coughing
In countries where borean blasts are
unknown the grip has forced a lodg-
ment- IL has appeared In Calcutta IN
the last eleven years and IL has caused
an apprsciable addition TO the mortal
lily. Few Europeans or natives In the
large towns have escaped. In Per-
STA the grip came hrst about fourteen
years ago. In the winter Of 1887 and
iSSS. when IL became epidemic and
raised the mortality by large per-
eentage. Since then there has been a
recurrence OF the disease nearly every
winter In Persia the technical
name for grip Is mcshmesha. which
name originally VS. applied TO inhu-
enza In horses. Still. IN that coun-
try. the mortality from grip among
foreigners has been exceedingly low.
Within the last six months half the
people Of Siyas. Turkey. have been
down with the grip. Yet the mortality
was slight The treatment for this. as
well as for most other diseases. con-
sists OF a Turkish bath These baths
are public and the dangerfof Infection
from them can be understood from the
fact that an orphanage containing
100 inmates ifty-hve were taken sick
with Influenza within three days after
visit TO the Turkish baths In VAL
oncla. Spain. the various epldomics OF
the Strip have sent the mortality up
about 60 per cent Last winter hav-
ms been exceptionally severe. lnau-
enza appeared again In a mild though
complicated form. affecting the weaker
organs. and this gave rise TO classified
ton Of death from some organic dis
ease rather than from the grip itself
In GothcnhIrg Sweden. the grip Is an
old enemy having appeared there Tor
the frst time. 10 far as known. Ga
1852. and being known then AZ inilu-
enza. Tho grip" years for this city
were 1900. 1901 1873. 1891. 1851 and
1854, and did not appear In the city
again until 1859, the frst year Of the
worldwide epidemic Of the disease.
Last winter again there we're many
cases Of grip. though OF a mild type.
Switzerland had a heavy epidemic
Of the grip lasting from 1880 20 1884.
and since then the country has been
remarkably free from tho disease.
In various places IN Mexico the grip
appeared last winter Tough not In
an unusually severe form In the CITY
Of Mexico n was complicated most fire.
quently with pneumonia and 10 the
Monterey the accompanying ailment
-eemed 10 be neuralgia which some
times was diagnosed a. the grip even
~ the medical profession. No cases
of he grip are reported from the de-
partmeni Of llollo. In the Philippines.
but In our other new possessions. Por-
20 Rico. the grip In a mild form has
been prevalent thus sprias In San
Juan the grip sppe2rs every winter
about Jan. I. when the northern trade
winds begin 10 blow. Yet the attack
this spring has been unusually mild.
In Ponce last spring there was rather
sharp epidemic and the months OF
March. April and May seem TO be the
season OF the greatest severity. Many
Of the influenza cases and IN a remit
tent. probably malarial fever. In
Mayaguez the grip has prevailed In a
mild type since the end OF January
this year. Il seems In this ncighbor-
hood as n the lack OF north winds
early In the year accounts for the
mildnesa Of the disease and the alb
sence Of complication. A mild cpl
demic OF the grip is reported from st.
John. Antigua. In the West Indies. In
Kingston. Jamaica. Influenza appeared
last year for the hrst time In anything
like epidemic form. but since last No
vember there has been no case Of the
disease In San Salvador about IS per
cent OF the cases Of illness are due to
the grip. yet the mortality from this
cause for the last year has been
slight. Way down In the south Pa
eihc. on Norfolk island. a severe form
OF the grip was imported last Sept
ember from sydney. There were two
lulls. followed by a recurrence Of the
disease. AID at the end Of the year
the health OF the island was reported
as being fairly good