The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-10

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Gilman Oakley. Alderman A1uh and Michael
F. Blake. the chief clerk of the Board of
Alderman. were among those reported
yesterday TO be attacked by the disease.
At the office of the Outdoor Poor De-
! partment and at the dispensaries in the
! city the applications for free medical aid
! by sufferers from grip have been increas-
| ing rapidly for several weeks The hos
/ pitfalls are being crowded and every physi-
/ clan in the city who has escaped the dis
/ ease is being called to attend many cases
/ of grip. The worst Of the prevailing cpl
| demic is yet to come and at present no
| body can even guess how serious an
infliction the city viii experience before
the turning point is reached
Mild Form In Brooklyn.
Dr. Sylvester J. Burne. Register of vi
tai Statistics of the Brooklyn Health De-
partment. says that while the grip is very
prevalent in Brooklyn it is of a mild form
and people need not be alarmed over IL
/ If people treated the disease at its inCep-
ton and took care Of themselves there
! was little danger OF death. The trouble
was that people went out too soon after
/ an attack. and then contracted pneumonia.
/ which IN their debilitated condition gen
I
/ sax deaths from grip in Brooklyn since
Sunday.
Dr. J. s. Wright, OF go Schermerhorn
Street. Brooklyn, a practicing physician for
thirty-hye years, told a reporter that the
grip was more prevalent in Brooklyn this
year than last year or the year before.
The doctor said Il was d micro organism
disease, which grew more some years than
others. Last summer was not SO hot as
some other summers but II was very en-
ervating. and many persons were pros
trated more by electrical conditions than
by heat. which left their systems IN such
a state thu they could not resist microbIai
diseases
There Is no preventive, no panacea for
the grip DR.. Wight continued. but some
persons are more prone than others TO
have il Some have never had il. but there
: is no telling how soon they may have it.
Others have had the grip ever since it
came TO this country, ten years ago Ny
/ theory is that the grip is caused by a
micro organism. anS that its product in
the body IS a deadly poison which poisOns
the nervous system Sometimes the only
remedies are anOdynes TO quiet the merry
Gus system. I have had patients suffer
such pain that they would have commit
ted suicide If the windows Of their rooms
had not been fastened and guards placed
II charge Of them Grip may cause tem-
pCrary or even permanent insanity. 7 have
also had patients TO whom I had &c ad-
minister ether 10 quiet them. TIE grip
affects every organ in the body. Il cases
OF grip ii IS best at once TO consult q
careful. conservative PHYSICIAN
Il am subject TO the grip myself I
have il about every year. but
keep about my business and for
get it While the grip this year is
not so severe as II was when We had the
nrst epidemic. it IS more severe than it
was last year or the year before. The
prevailing symptoms OF the disease are
extreme DrOsTation and depression. and.
N severe cases tendency TO suicide. I
have had under my treatment vigorous
young people who wanted to be carried
upstairs Unless the victims OF grip are
very old or have organic diseases they
can recover On contracting the grip tie
best thing TO do is to 90 TO bed and not
put any further strain on the nervous SyS-
ten. Phenacetine and COdein- in mOdera-
ton. with good sherry, are good pallia-
tiyes. A person may have the grip sew
eral times in the same season Il is in
fectious and nay 80 through a whole
family. but is not contagious"
Complicated With Pneumonia
Or. s. Santoire, of Brooklyn. says that
the grip in Brooklyn is almost epidemic,
and is complicated with pneumonia II
had appeared in mild form. and had not
Pr we'd fatal in many cases. except in
those complicated with pneumonia, kidney
diseases, or consumption. Grip was more
prevalent in Brooklyn nov than at any
time since 1883 and 1896, when there was
an epidemic OF the disease. In the Win
ter OF 1890 the doctor says he treated
about fifty cases week, when there we're
a greater number Of deaths from the dis
ease than at present.
CF NJ he
grip al this time DIT. SantoiTe went on
10 say lis that it is due 10 the soft winter, |
with its fOggy atmosphere, and the bacil- |
Il instead OF being frozen have developed. |
The only preyentiVes are precautions IN !
wearing warm clothing, a generous diet !
CT easily digested food and a natural mode |
of life regular meals and hours Of sleep. |
! am treating a young man who has the /
grip confined te his intestines, caused by |
negIecting his meals. and by irregular !
hours OF sleep There are undoubtedly /
many thousands suffering from grip in I
Brooklyn. / have been astOnished at the /!
RUN Der Of men who have come 70 my Of /
fee recently 10 be treated for the grip. !
who had always enjoyed the best of health. /
The cause Of grip IS very indefinitely /
known and traced. We have never been /
able TO seize the proper bacillus TO make /
q regular autiJoxin for 1t. and have TO |
treat cases as they come along with their |
man who has the smallpox would be sure /
death and grip complicated with pneu-
mOnia is very serious matter Grip with |
diabetic patient forms & serious con-
plication. and in every case of general de- /
DiiIty or consumption grip is almost al /
ways fatal. Il is apt TO be fatal 10 old /
age, but infancy is very seldom subject TO
grip.
DR.. santoire added that the prevalence |
OF grip in New York might be due. in part |
10 the bad condition OF the drinking va /
ter in the different boroughs.
According 20 the druggists the grip cpl |
demIc continues 10 spread in New York. /
Only one Of those took a cheerful view Of /
conditions. The general opinion seemed |
10 be that continuance of the mild wealth |
er meant the spread Of the disease. Cold |
weather and plenty Of it, the druggists |
said. was needed for a general return to /
health.
EPIDEMIC IN CLEVELAND.