The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-10-09
cal Chapter Receives Word
om Divisional Headquarters
ITO Make Preparations for
Handling Situation Here.
LIST FOR SERVICE
AVAILABLE NURSES
May be Called for Work Here or
at Other Points; Organization
distributes Information
on Disease.

The American Red Cross War
Council, at the urgent request of the
UNITED States Public Health Service,
+ has agreed to assist the government
( in combating the spread of Spanish
g Influenza. The local chapter has re-
7ceiyed from the Southwestern Diyis-
Z ion headquarters, a letter explaining
the work that~has been taken up by
the organization and in addition hun
dreds Of leaflets are being distributed
: by the ChickaMa chapter, outlining
the nature Of the disease, the symp-
tons e. the mecnods Of combating
! it.
An appeal is also made Tor availa-
bic nurses in the event they are need
ed Five classes OF nurses arc want
Ied AK follows: Graduate nurses, as
many rs can be secured; nurses
bids; unE graduate nurses; practi-
cal nurses AMI lay women helpers;
j (the women who have taken the Red
Gross course in elementary hygiene
'and home cars of the sick and who
have their certificates.)
The local chapter has been instruc-
ped by divisional headquarters to in
|torview persons coming under any of
the five heads and to ascertain
whether or not they are willing to
volunteer for service in the commu-
pity or elsewhere, if needed. Names
|are to be listed and sent to division
bal headquarters. Calls for service
'yill be made from that point Those
Ientering the service through these
sources will draw pay as follows:
Graduate nurses, SIS; the other class
es mentioned $35 to $50. These
amounts include the expenses.
Divisional headquarters states in |
the letter to the local chapter that
Pid will be given in the matter Of Sc
curing hospital supplies. in case such
becomes necessary for use in Chicka-
sha. The local chapter is expected |
TO take care of the disease, should il /
make its appearance in force here,
but the st. Louis office makes it
plain that the local organization |
Should not take chances, but apply
for aid in case the indications are
that the disease is gaining any head
way,
Leaflets from the United States
Public Health service has the follow
Ing y say about the Spanish Flu:
"Phe disease now occurring in this
and called Spanish Influ-
enza" resembles a very contagious
kind of cold" accompanied by fever,
pains in the head, eyes, ears, back
or other parts of the body. and a feel
ing of severe sickness. In most of
the cases the symptoms disappear
after three or four days, the patient
then rapidly recovering; some of the
patients, however, develop pneu-
monia, or inflammation of the ear.
or meningitis, and many Of these
cases die. Whether this
so-calied Spanish" influenza is iden-
teal with the epidemic Of influenza
Of earlier years is not yet known.
In most cases a person taken sick |
with influenza feels sick rathe! sud |
denly. He feels weak, has pains in
the eyes, ears, head or back, and
may be sore all over Many patients
feel dizzy, some vomit. Most of the
patients complain Of feeling chilly, |
and with this comes a fever in which
The temperature rises to 100 to 1O4.
In most cases the pulse remains rela-
lively slow.
IN appearance one is struck by
he act that the patient looks sick.
His Ieyes and the inner side of his