The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1918-10-15
SUGGESTIONS
FOR CARE Of
NEW DISEASE.

Issued by American Red Cross.
Wl,n' is Spnnisi, 1nfiucnxa: II u
something new. Ih'cs II come fr,,m
Spnln"
The dIseasc now occurring In this
country and called Spanish lnflucn.
IN" resembles a very contagious kind
OF "cold" accompanied by fever, pains
In the head. eyes. back or other
parts OF the body. and q feeling OF
severe sickness. In most Of the cases
the symptoms disappear after three
or four days. the patient then rapidly
recovcring: some Of the patients,
however. develop pneumonia. or In
Of the ear. or meningitis,
and m ny Of these complicated cases
die. Whether this so-callcd ''3pan.
ish" influenza Is identical with the
euidemics Of influenza Of earlier
years Ia not yet known.
Epidemics Of Influenza have visited
this country since 1647. II Is inter-
esting to know that this first epidemic
was brought here from Valencia,
Spain. Since that time there have
been numerous epldemics Of the dis
ease. IN 1889 and 1890 and epiden.
ic Of influenza. starting somewhere
In tho Orient. spread first TO Russia.
and thence over practically the en-
tire civilized world. Three years
Inter there was another flsre-up Of
the disense. Both times the epidemic
sprc,d widely over tho United States.
Altho tho present epidemic Ia cal
led Spanish Influenza" there In no
reason 10 believe that II originated
In Spain. Some writer's who have
studied the question believe that the
endemic came from the Orient and
thcy coll attention TO the fact thnt
tho Germans mention the disease as
occurring along the eastern front In
the summer and fall OF 1917.
How rn "spanish Influenza" bc
PCT "shi/cu"
Thare IL az yet no certain way In
which u single case Of spanish In.
fiuenxa" can be recognised: on the
other hand. recognition is easy where
there In q group of cnses. In con-
trast TO the outbreaks Of ordinary
cough and colds. which usually occur
In the cold months. epldemics OF In.
fluenxa may occur at any season Of
the year. thus the present epidemic
ra9cd most intensely In Europe In
May. June and July. Moreover. In
the case Of ordinary colds. the general
symptoms (fever. pain, depression,
are by no means rs severe or ~ sud.
den In their onset as they are In in
fluenxa. Finally. ordinary colds DO
not spread through the community
so rapidly or so extensive as docs In.
fluenxa.
In most cases person taken sick
with inflnensi feels sick rather sud
denly. He feels weak. has pains In
the eyes. ears. head or back. and
may be sore all over. Many patients
feel dixsy. some vomit. Most Of the
patients complain Of feeling chilly.
and with this comes fever In. which
the temperature rises to 100 to l0%.
In most cases the pulse remains re.
latively slow.
In appearance one b struck by the
fact that the patient looks sick. His
eyes and the inner side Of bis eye.
lids may be slightly "blood-shot." or
"congested." as the doctors say.
There may be ruRning from the nose.
or there may be some cough. These
signs Of cold may not be marked ;
nevertheless tho patient looks and
feels very sick.
In addition to the appearance Rna
the symptoms - already described,
examination of the patients blood
may aid the physician In rscognis.
ing Spanish influensa." for II has
been found that In this disease the
number OF white corpuscles shows
little or no increase above the normal.
II Is possible that the laboratory In.
vest cations now being made thru the
Research Council and the
United States HyGienic Laboratory
will furnish more certain way In
which individual caseG OF this disease
can be recognised. IN,
What II tho courses of the disease: :
IM people die OF u? A
Ordinarily. the fever lasts from
three to four days and the patient
RECEIVERS. hut while the proportion
OF deaths In the present epidemic has
renerally been low, In some places
the outbreak has been severe and
deaths have been numerous, Wren
death occurs It 10 usually the result Of
a complication.
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