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members was that the so-called Spanish
inffuensa was q war pest In which the
symptoms OF pneumonia nearly always
were present. that IL was essentially
disease Of tho early adult" and that 1t
alpost invariably kills those who suffer
a relapse through overexertion.
Air. Nursing and Rest Needed.
Fresh air. competent nursing and
plenty of rest were prescribed by the
commission members as the most effec-
tive remedies DR.. Herman NJ Biggs,
STATE Commissioner of Health and
chairman of the commission, provided
statistics of an epidemic that occurred
in 1898, Of the infantile paralysis cpl
demic of two years ago and of the pres
ent epidemic.
Dr. G. A. Christian. professox of
medicine at Harvard University, said
the disease Is essentially one which at
lacks early adults" and the other
members of the comrpission agreed that
most of the cases reported were among
persons between the ages of 20 and So.
They said very few we're reported
among people above 40.
DR.. Walter b. James. president of the
New York Academy OF Medicine, said
the problem OF fyhting the disease would
have to be fought out in the laboratory.
and the other members of the commits
| sion agreed.
Disease q "war Pest.~
Lieutenant Commander J. II. Phelps
OF the Navy Medical Corps explained
that the navy's experience with the dis
ease In camps all over the country in
dicated II exhausted itself in about six
weeks and that the pneumonia encoun-
tered In this epidemic was OF a type
different from that which AFFLICTED the
men In camps last year. He said the
disease Is war pest and those who
died Of the disease were "casialties' in
the same sense as men killed in battle.
DR.. c. Z. A. winslow, professor OF
public health at Yale, who aided in
fighting the epidemic In Massachusetts,.
expressed the belief that better results
in combating tho disease had been
achieved in cities where rigid quaran-
tines were not maintained. The plague
was more disastrous, he said. in places
where theatres and other public gath
ering places were forced to suspend
operation.
A call TO 10000 churches throughout
the country TO observe Wednesday, No
vember 8. as a day OF prayer for the
abatement Of the influenza epidemic was
iSSucu iast ma
tional headquarters. The call. which was
signed by the moderator, the Rev.
Frank Smith. Dallas, Tex, and sixteer
former moderators, including the Rev
Francis L. Patton, DR.. Henry Van Dyke
the Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman and thu
Rev Hunter Corbett, China, appoints tn,
day as one of,thanksglvng in those com
munities where the epidemic has abated
Wherever the health laws will per.
nit" says the call. ''let the people b,
called to their regular places OF wor
ship to beseech God that the pestilenc,
may be stayed, that the sick may b,
healed and that the sorrowing may b,
comforted. Where churches are closet
let the day be observed by small group
In the homes OF the community or b!
families"
TRENTON. N. J.. Oct. 3o.-J. G. Price
State Health Director. raised the infiu
enza quarantine here to-day after G. T
Labarre. Director OF Public Safety, an
Alton &. Pell. Health Officer. had pre-
scented figures showing there were bu
b. few cases OF the disease now in the city
. The ban on churches and theatres wi
be lifted tomorrow The order become
: effective at A. NJ. and the saloons wi
!, | fhs refore oman n NJ the ugial tim.