Bisbee daily review., 1918-09-26
lRv J. \. Duekworth.l ]

(By J. H. OuckSorth.)
 BOSTON. Mass, Sept. 25.-Spani5h influenza, rapidly spreading through cut the country and whose focus of infection is in Boston, where some 10- zoo cases have occurred, is a germ disease.
 It is a patriotic duty to keep well. An stck persons add to the country burdens. Everybody should be on guard against Flu" and become thor Oughiy familiar with symptoms and precautionary measures.
 Known also as Spanish fever and as grippe, spanish influenza ravaged France in the fourteenth century and has frequently laid England low. It S even referred to in works of an cient physicians.
 After talking with Health Commits siOner Woodward, the faculty at liar yard medical scncol and physicians al city hospital, where hundreds of victims are treated, 1 can give an au- thoritative description of the cause and effects of this dread disease and ways to avoid it.
 Nature of Germ.
 Spanish influenza has nothing to do with a bad cold. Besng a highly in fectious disease, caused by Q particu- larly energetic germ, it is a parasitic disease. It is one of the most swiftly spreading maladies because of the lapid incubation of the germ. The minute, isc-like bacillus is found ln little groups or in pairs. Under the s- hnF cilus is stained at the poles a clear band remaining in the middle. In this respect it is found in the blood, though here it is comparatively inac- tive. and in enormous numbers in the bronchial mucus, whence 1t is cough cd up to renew it's perniciOus work. This germ forms toxins or pOisons which continue on the rampage long after apparent recovery. It eXerts such 9 general evitalizing effect on the tissues that other dangerous mi organisms which ordinarily are held in check run riot and catarrh, pneumonia and similar attacks over worked and weakened organs such as the heart and lungs For this reason, rest. nutrition, warmth and tonics are important factors in its treatment.
 Symptoms of Disease.
 What does it feel like to have Span ish influenza?
 Just like the ordinary grippe" says Cr. Edmund Wilson acting superinten- dent of Boston city hospital.
 When the germ gets to work the patient is suddenly taken with severe pains all over. There is vertigo and nausea and sometimes actual vomit- ing cf bilious matter Frontal head aches of special severity are expert enced Pains in the eyeballs are in creased by the slightest movements of the eye There is a general feeling of misery and weakness and great de- pression of spirits The patient may give way to weeping and suffer insom- mia and occasionally delerium. In scme cases catarrhal symptoms may develop, such as running at the eyes, sneezing and sore throat The glands in the threat and neck may swell and there may be splitting of bright blood from the pharynx. Often tonsilitis ap- pears. There is a hard, dry cough of a paroXysmal kind, worse at night, and high fever. Spa-ish influenza is just Ia new name for the old-fashioned grippe"
 There is no known serum or an ti-tUxin that will make person i'm mune to Spanish influenza. Salts of quinine, asperin and Doyer's powder afford some relief, the doctors in BOs- ton find. Surgeon General GOrgas Of tte army advises the use Of dichlOra- mine as a nose and throat wash, but not one in 8 thousand druggists ever heard of it.
 Measures of Precaution.
 Precautionary measures are simple.
 Keep away from infected persons.
 The sick should be separated from the healthy. Sputta should be received in vessels containing disinfectants. PrCmiscuoUs splitting and coughing should be absolutely prohibited.
 . AntisGptic gauge masks should be worn hy all attendants on a case.
 Public towels and drinking cups should be avoided and great care eX- ercised in handling clothing and ell articles that have come in contact with the stricken. Only by loyal and intelligent cooperation of the general public can the epidemic of Spanish influenza be prevented from spreading throughout the country and hampering our war work.
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