The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-26
EXPRESS TRAINS
CARRY R|;|. INFLUENZA. N. !. ! { / ! || !
Spread Of Disease, Says London
Professor, Is Facilitated by
Fast Railways.
HAS DISCOVERED NEW TYPE
All Special sensorics Affected
During Attack Of Con
tinued Influenza.

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3# LONDON, March 25.--1nfuenza was the
absorbing topic OF discussion the other
night at meeting OF the Luntcrian So
4 ciety at the London institution. 4
Professor Clifford Allbut. who has for
4 twelve years occupied the chair Of medl-
cine with much distinction, at Cambridge
University declared tha t influenza travels
by express trains. and showed how In The
spread OF epidcinics those towns were at
!. tackled first ut which, through trains
stopped. while smaller places, served only
by slow trains, were spared till later.
q Just as the } Ganges was the home OF
cholera, 80 Northern China was the home
OF influenza, and the opening Of the
4 $Trans-Si Siberian Railway had much facill-
stated the spread df tho disease.
M In the great epidemic OF 1859 Bokhara
{ Was the point of dissemination into Eu-
& rope, whence It reached New York from
England in just The time TAX en- by the
fastest steamerSrunningg mt the time. sfie
4 believed Only those cases were infectious
aih which the respira tory organs were
Implicated. occasionally Infection could
Sbc carried about by clothes for few
days. Children were not liable to the dis
4 ease, and IL they did catch 1t they soon
recovered. The onset was always sudden.
sometimes exceedingly 4 SO. a Gentleman
riding past the professors own house
was stricken 50 suddenly with influenza
ina he fen orr Ills horse. SIR William
Broad bent tells or n patient WHO drove
In at one gate of the park per fectl 81 well,
\ and wa S prostratcd by influenza before ne
reached the opposite ga
New Type Of Disease.
The lecturer drew attention \ to- q new
g type OF disease, which he called :contin-.
$ucd intiuenza.''is During &convalescence5 all
special scnsorics were affected. Thus he
himself was very fond OF music but EaIter
Z a Ii, d tack ofsin1ucnza he went to g. con-
G cert and could not imagine how ANYBODY y
could enjoy such nol5e 55 a Z the end aof
in loura OF boredom She came out. Yet
Will, complete recovery, his enjoyment ot
music ca tiiessf back a Hudde ly.@ Gu rlouslys
enough. together with the renewed appe-.
Stite for food. sS rs
He believed that the misery 2 nd de- e.
pressio often follow ini,henSa
N ca ri be cut short by al plain al ct @ mix M
and 5vege bIes. Aft ctionate wives dose
Il their husbands with beer. tea and other
4 things 5supposed TO strengthen, but these
y only delay recovery. iti gs5s
s{t teI will &bc good news for sufferers thai E
n Professor Ailbut& asserts taati one aitaSh iaa
OF influenza confers Immunity for pes
&riod OF about six months against another
attack. IL lsi ts4.
M DR.. FRANKLIN Parsons, Of the local gov
n, n eminent n board showed how easily the;
microbe could be carried through the air.
$5A pubic speaker with infuenzn 81 could
spread microbes into his audience for a
distance or forty5fect. He showed by5hi :
5skilful use q 4 cilrios that the type of the
disease had changed. and Instead I'd OF dis
appea ring for long intervals We was now
had become what is termed epidemic.