The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-14


Willie corpuscles shows little or no In
crease above The normal, II is posi-
Bile that the. L,gboptoFy Investigations
now beln<snia,le through the National
Research Council aud the United
States Hygienlc Laboratory will fur
hish i more certain way in which indI-
vIdual cases OF this disease can be
recognized"
What is the course Of the dlseasef
Do people die Of i'll
"Ordihafny, the fever lasts from
three to four days aud the patient re-
covers. But while the proportion Of
deaths In the present epldemle has
generality been low. in some places The
outbreak has been severe and deaths
have been numerous. When death oc-
ours II is usually the result Of Q com;
phcation." = ,odT st
What causes the disease and how 10
Il spread2 pno'f4m
"Bhcteriologists who have studied In
ffuehza epIdemlcs in The past have
found In many OF the cases very
small rod.shaped germ called, after its
Idlscoverer, pfelffeF's bacillus. In other
cases OF apparently the same kind Of
disease there were found pneumococcl.
the germs OF lobar pneumonia. StIll
others have been caused by strepto-
cocci, and by others germs with long
names. s
mo iihdtter What particular kind OF
germ causes the epidemic, II is now
believed that influenza is always
spread from person to person, me
germs being carried with the air along
with the very small droplets OF mucus,
expelled, by coughing or sneezing,
forcefnl, talking, and the like by one
who already has The germs OF the dis
ease They may also be carried about
In the air In the form OF dust coming
from dried mueus, from coughing and
sneezing, or from careless people who
spit on the floor and on the sidewalk.
As In most other catching diseases, q
person who has only a mild attack OF
the disease himself may give very
severe attack TO others"
What should be done by those who
catch the disease?
slt-is very important that every per
son who becomes sick with influenza
should 90. home at once and go TO bed
This Will help keep away. dangerous
complications and will, at the same
time, keep the patient from scattering
the disease lar and wide IL Ia highly
desirable that no one be allowed 10
sheep In the same room with the pa.
tient In fact, no one but the nurse
should be allowed Ia the room.
/ sdf there Is cough and sputum oil
running OF the eyes and nose, care
should be taken that all such dis
charges are collected on bits OF gauzt
or rag or paper napkins and burned
II fhe patient complains or fever and
headache, he should be given water &c
drink, cold ycompress TO the forehead
and light sponge. Only such med
cine should be given us is prescribed
by the doctor. II is foolish to ask thu
druggist to prescribe AMI may he dan
gerpps TO take the so-called safe, sur,
and harmless remedies advertised b,
patent medicine manufacturers
III the patient Is so situated that b,
can be attended only by some one VIII,
must also took after others In the fam
ify, II Is advisable that such attendan
wear wrapper, apron or gown owe
the ordinary house clothes while in thu
sick room and slip this on when leav
Ing 10 look after the others.
Nurses and attendants will do wei
10 guard against breathing In danger
Gus disease germs by wearing q simple
fold OF gnuze or mask while near th'
pAtient.'
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