The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-10-18
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PREVENTION AND CURE OF
1s SPANISH INFLUENZA

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1s SPANISH INFLUENZA
1t is by the Sheridan County Coun-
Gil of Defense, duly assembled, here
by ordered, that all regularlylicensed
physicians, members of the State and
County Council of Defense, Red
Cross Nurses, and nurses acting UNI
der the authority of the local Or
State Boards of Health, or the North
Sheridan County Chapter of the
American Red Cross, and all MEM
bers of Community Councils of, De-
tense, be, and the same are, hereby
authorized, EMPLOYED and directed to
enforce the following: REGULA-
TIONS FOR THE PREVENTION
AND CURE OF SPANISH INFLU-
ENZA, the giolation Of which is a
misdemeanor, to be punished by fine
or Imprisonment, upon conviction:
l. All patients infected with this
disease are hereby GUARANTEED
upon order of their attending physi-
clan and their attendants are here
by required to wear face masks, or
use other precautions approved by the
physician in charge, to prevent the
infection of such attendants and the
spread of such diseases.
2. Patients are hereby required,
unless released by order Of The ply
sician in charge, to remain on the
premises for at least FIVE (5)
DAYS after the temperature has be-
come normal and the fever subsidized.
8. Patients during GONZALES
CENCE are required to wear the
face masks for five (5) days after
leaving their rooms, or to take 9TH
er and proper precaution approved
and authorized by the physician in
charge.
4. SPITTINGa ON FLOOR OR
SIDEWALK by any person is hereby
prohibited during the prevalence of
this epidemic.
5. UNNECESSARY SOCIAL
AND OTHER GATHERINGS ARE
PROHIBITED. Let all funerals be
as private as possible.
6. THE GATHERING OF MIN
sORS ON THE STREETS IN THE
EVENINGS and at other times IS
prohibited and all public peace off,
GERS are required to run idle children
off the streets. There is plenty of
work for these cl1ildrene to do.
T. BREAKING QUARANTINE is
a violation of this Order and must be
prosecuted, and all Justices of the
Peace have jurisdiction to try and
determine the issues in said cases.
Report violations of this Order to the
Community Council of Defense in
each Community, to the Council of
Defense at Plentywood and to the
County Attorney.
It is specifically pointed out that
there is no real danger in Spanish In
fuenza if proper precautions are
taken. The symptoms are fever,
aching of muscles, and lassitude, with
headache, sore symptoms arise, go to
bed and call doctor. Follow his in
struction imclicitly. In the meantime
open the bowels with cathartic, and
if you want to take any other medi-
cine, take asperin in fve-grain doses
until the doctor comes. The infection
is spread by microbes which alight
in the nasal passages and throat,
from which they are absorbed into
the system. Keep the nose and throat
clean with any good antiseptic washes
and sprays, and there is little danger
of infection. Deaths from this dis
ease occur AFTER the grip germs
have done their work, leaving the
body weak and unable to withstand
pneumonia and infection. Most of
the deaths that have occurred have
following the action of the patient in
trying to fight out the cold, standing
up. Don't take booze; it will do no
good. Quinine will not give much req
lief. Asperin helps a lot, and if the
patient goes to bed and takes dose
of Dovers Powders, it will generally
break up the infection; but he must
be careful not to catch more cold.
Any and all persons having had ex-
perience as NURSES are required to
report at once to Mrs. S. j. Greer,
Secretary of North Sheridan County
Chapter American Red Cross, at I
Plentywood, Montana, for active SER
vice unless now employed in rurs,ng.
Persons not having sufficient patriotic
voluntarily to report for