The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-14
FIVE CASES OF INFLUENZA
 IN THE CITY
  Four of the Cases Are on Board the LaTouche and Will be Quar-
 anteed.
BOATS TO BE WATCHED
Every Precaution Will Be Taken by the, Officers to Keep Down
 Epidemic.

With five cases of influenza in Ju- neau and others reported on boats coming to Juneau, cooperation and strict enforcement of health rules will be necessary to keep the epi demic from spreading and to pre- vent the closing of the schools and theatres and all public places, such as has been found necessary on the Outside.
 Four of the cases are on board the Latouche and one is in the city and is being looked after by the City Health officers. Gov. Thomas Riggs, Jr., today notified Dr. P. J. Malone, of the Public Health Office, to see that all cases on boats were pre- vented from landing in Juneau, and he also communicated with Dr. l.. O. Sloane, the City Health Officer, con- corning the matter.
 It seems there's is no city ordi- nance providing for quarantine of influenza, but the Territorial health laws and Federal health laws provide the Territorial and Federal officers with means for taking precautionary measures.
 Regarding influenza, the Brooklyn Eagle says:
 Spanish influenza is nothing more or less than the old fashioned in fluenza--the same old grip" says Dr. Benjamin M. Briggs of Willough by and Duffield Streets, an aid time physician who has been fighting epi- denies of influenza for many years. He suggests that the patient can speed his cure by buying Liberty Bonds and so getting the comfortable feeling that goes with the purchase of one. sea
 All this talk about sSpnish In fluenza is nonsense," says Dr. Briggs We haven't Spanish influenza here any more than we have Spanish air It is the old fashioned influenza and it has started little earlier this year and gained a stronger hold | on account of the early cold weather which caught most people still in their Summer underwear and many of them wearing summer suits. Il
 is the same old grip and I know 1t have been fighting epidemics of il for years and I know all the symp toms. It is hitting us harder this year, perhaps, because people are not feeding in the usual American style but are eating only what they seem to need. Grip tackles the weakest spots in ones system, and there is no better preventative of this than overeating plenty of warm clothes to keep the body warm and keeping ones nose clean-inside, mean-with old-fashioned warm wa ter and soap. Just slap 1t up into your nostrils while you are washing your face and breathe hard. It will ] keep the germs out. There Is noth- ing to be scared about in this epi demic. The disease is easily cur able and should not be made the means of German propaganda or frightfuIness in gaining the idea that our troops are to be rdeeimated by It. 1t has come early, and of course has spread most in military camps where large numbers of men are congregated, but there is noth ing terrible about it and few days rest and ordinary treatment for grip will suffice in most cases. Il will also help whole lot to keep in that optimistic frame of mind that starts one to buying Liberty Bonds to the limit. If you have got the grip buy Liberty Bond and get that comfortable feeling that goes with every purchase of them. It will surely aid in your recovery fully as much as any medicine. And don't get scared. It is only the grip" t.