Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-10-18

developed which has been found 10
glve fairly good results In prevention
and has beon quito effective in rcduc-
ing fatalities. but this la so limited IN
quantity, and the possibilities os lta
manufacture ara 50 limited that Il
cannot be gotten in quantities sufl-
clent TO be og material use IA thia cpl
demie." said nr, Hutchinson.
Hence the only thing to do IL 10
take every possible precautlon 20 pro-
toet yourself from infection. uainR
medicines for this purpose ls useless.
Nothing has been found that Il aifec-
tive The only thing that 10 a. all e.
feetivo Ia the EauGe mask and people
who want TO protect themselves
should wear them. even Ia street ears,
on the atFects and other placeA where
they are likely 20 como into contact
with tho disease.
'If you got the disease you don't
need . hospital, = physician and q
trained nurse. They cannot do any.
thing moro for you than any ether
person who will wait upon you and
see that you have what you want. No
medicine has been found whIeh has
any effect upon the disease, 90 you
don't need medicine. II yon get the
disease IN the pneumonia stage, what
Yen need ia not q hospital with doe
tors aud nurses. but q tent out IL the
fresh air with someone, protected by
q mask. to $50 that you have water 20
drink and nonFiahinR food. N the re-
alalanco powers Of your constitution
are SUFFICIENT 10 throw OF the poison
you will got wall. II they are not you
viii be dead IN about three days. But
you stand far better chances for Ea.
covery out IN the fresh cir than Ia 4
moat modern hospital. Fraah aiF 10
the only medicine and the Oniy treat
ment that seems 10 have any effect "a
all. But experience has demonaeFnl.
cd that fresh air In effective, there
fore II should DO used to the fullest
extent"
" q susceptible person gets desc
OF tbs germs IN bis noaa." said the
doctor. he IL going 10 gel the disease
IN spite of everything Whether 40
viii throw II on or will die from u
depends entirely upon whether hin
constitutional resistance Ia aulleient
10 overcome the poison"
In short. DIR. Hutchinson saya that
u YOU wish 20 guard against infection
wear 3 EanAe mask. and u you get tha
disease. so TO bed In the fresh atr Aad
stay there.
''It IL psculiarity Of the disease
that II attacks the physically naponR
and robust Just Aa quickly and a. IA
tally aH II does o weak person. IN
fact. II asam aIo hit tn eslTonR mere
fatally than the weak hut it l. also
peculiar that the malady d0ea not
seem TO attaek children and old paO-
Die 10 any extent. II ~ persons from
2b 10 30 or 40 among whom Il seems
10 spread most"
Tho doctor explains that the bAciill
0f tbs disease have ths queer habit 0f
from the nose and
mouth Of the infected person IN ilkht
cases within two or three days and
tho patient thinks he IL well. Then
he suddenly develops : lung infae-
tion that IA highly fatal. The baeili
merely move from the mouth and
nose TO tha iunka. ha explained, and
there gather fores for the infection
which II 90 quick and 80 fatal
Pathological testa that have kasn
made. the doctor stated. have shown
that the lung infection IN fatal cases
was neither pneumOcfua nor strepoc=
eocua pneumonia. but pure influenza.
Hs says that the Influenza baelIH are
found In pure cnitnre and without
mixed infection.