The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1918-12-26
Sounds Sensible

lovn; rcpor, Witch appcars 10 throw l
m, e light ou the subject than any. |.
TIA. z heretofore stated;
"Non'yr hccu cassrj!"
So say, Dr A'b.rt Croft TO the /
thousands &C Chicago victims OF ,o call f.
ell uhncult, 500 paper read before
tn Douglas .rNucH Of thc Chicago /.
VI, itct Society. and which is being
gi,. wide circulation ju TIA. Medical .
10 rrais. The disease originates from +,
th poison IA, u the air, the doctor hc.
liz es aud the terror OF Il IS increased 4
| 10y conversational gas, the disease hav-
| in become "fad and many diverse
maladies being clussci a. "ilu' by cv.
cited physicians
la the absence Of positive proof Of |
"a pcclhc bacterial cause and after due |
al careful consideration of the course
an symptomatology of the many cases
uuJcr my observation. have arrived |
~ he conclusion that If Que scientists |
wee 10 make a careful chemical, !
|
OF me countries now affected 10y the !
50 allied Influenza. some irritH,ive con-
/ d. IN of the atmosphere would Toe
Z. ud which would accouu, for the
c $50 aud rapid c>..u,lou OF this all
rt,' says DE. Cru,'s payer
GA, uum,,uu, rl--gs used ia the
IL uylnlJ~ of Europe, with their high
!. poisonous properties, the liberation
q. large quantity 1f ground air high
il carbon diuNtdc content due 20 the
n uch systems, the gases from decom.
y ing bodies of men aud lower ami.
n lis; those set free 10y the destruction
o cities and ammunition dumps dur
ing the last few years. may have com
bued TO form "A gaseous compound
with highly toxic properties, probably
due to the infringement of the
molecules by the tremendous cOucus.
5 IN produced 10y high explosives.
With this idea IN mind | am going
t. advance the theory that the condi-
/ IN termed influenza j. in reality "A
non bacterial, n0n.coutegious disease
cliscd ny the ,uhaiati,n Of small
amount, Of dcpre- ng. highly rrtat-
iu,, high density gas, present iu the
Atmosphere especially HL night, and
when the air IS surchargcd with moi>-
tarr, more particularly near the sur
f.ne Of the earth
The doctor cites the fact that yege
ta,ion also suffered from an apparent
gas blight.
The disease originated in the camps
and trenches ot Europe. the doctor
points out. aud leaped over the ocean,
| and to the Patagouians of the far north
aud the Patogoniaus OF the far South
} alike, cyadet certain sections OF the
ueightorhood of cities, while covering
= others with pail of death. The
; spread was too rapid and far flung for
body or personal contact, and too cr-
. ratio for germ transmission
"Sneel.ng, coughing aud splitting
| are the principal means Of dissemina.
ton we are told" says the physician,
) yet large sections Of Chicago aud
many suburban town, have escaped
! the epidemic The distributing CEN
terss.ol infection in large city during
an epidemic are the crowded down
town districts, where people from all
parts congrega'e' Yet 1t Is s'gn'hcan.
that although al! were equally exposed
the northern and southern portlohs OF
the city were most seriously ahec'eu'
This unusual DISTRIBUTION Is not char'
acterlsIic Oh bacterial ePluem'c' nor
OF contact ihtectioh' lie declares
, that heaVy gas on the contrary
q would follow wind currents ana To-
callZe.