New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-10-18

white ~CorpuScleS shows little or no IN
crease above the normal. It is posi-.
bic that The laboratory investigations
now being made through the National
Research Council and the United
States Hygienic Laboratory will fur
nish a more certain way In which indi-
vidual cases Of this disease can be
recognized"
What 10 the eourss Of the diseased
Do people die Of III
"~Ordinarily, the fever lasts from
three to four days and the patient re-
covers. But while the proportion of
d,aths In the present epidemic has
generally been low, in some places the
outbreak has been severe and deaths
have been numerous. When death Oc-
ours it is usually the result Of a com
plication."
What aus the disease and how 10
It spread?
"Bacteriologists who have studied in
fuenza epidemics in the past have
found in many of the cases II very
small rod-shapod germ called, after its
discoverer, l'fcifIer's bacillus. In other
cases of apparently the same kind Of
disease there We're found ~pneunOcocci,
the germs Of luhar pneumonia. still
others have been caused by strppto-
cocci, and by others germs with long
names.
NO matter what particular Kind Of
srArp -, sol H.. ,rf,I,plf, t. - NO.,
believed that influenza Is always
spread from person to person, the
germs being carried with the air along
with III" yer! snail droplets Of mucus,
expelled by coughing or sGec2inE,
forcofuI talking, aud the Ike by one
who already has the germs of the dis
cas" They may also be carried about
IN 'ir ar u the form of dust coming
from dried ruucus, from coughing and
SIe"Hing. or from careless people who
spit on The floor and on the sidewalk.
As in rnost Other catching diseases, Il
person who has only a mild attack of
the disease himself may give n very
severe attack to others"
What should be done by those who
catch the dIssase2
1T Is very important that every per
son who becomes sick with in'iuru@a
should 20 home at once and 20 20 bed.
This viii help keep away dangerous
complications and viii, at the same
time, keep the patient from scattering
the disease far and wide. 1t IS highly
.lhst a.. la1a- fh.tf ma M La al1A.ara,I to
sleep in the same room with the PA
tient. In fact. no but the nurse
should he allowed in the room.
IF there Is cough and sputum or
running Of the eyes and nose, care
should he aiken that all such dis
charges ar, collected on bits of gauze
or rag OF paper napkins and burned.
If the patient complains OF fever and
headache, he should he given water to
drink, a celd compress to the forehead
and a light sponge, Only such medi-
cine should be given as is prescribed
ny the doctor. II is foolish to ask the
druggist to prescribe and may he dan
gcr0us to take the So-cailcd safe, sure
and harmless remedies adv ortiScd by
pat"pt medicine manufacturers.
IF the patient is so situated that he
car be attended only by some II who
must also hook after others in the fam
lily, it Is advisable that such attendant
wear n %wrapper, apron or own over
the ordinary house clothes while in the
siCk room and slip this OF when lcav-
ing 10 lock after the others.
"NurSeS and attendants VIII do well
to guard against breathing In danger
Gus disease grru,s by wearing Il silnp,"
fold Of -au2r or mask Willie near the
patient"
Will 4 person who has had influenza
before catch the disease aGain2
AT is well known that an attack Of
measles or scarlet fever or smallpox
usually protects II person against an
other attack of the ~a,Hr disease. This
appears not 10 be- true of Spanish in
hucn2a.' According to newspaper re
ports The King of Spain suffered an
of influenza during the cpl
.lcmic lhirty years nso, and was again
during The recent outbreak in
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How can one ou7rd AGAINST influ-
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ease germs. This can he dome hy har-
iur "a rrorrr ~u,onortinu al work ,l,v
ma rcsf NV korpipp lh. bodv v,iI f.
and IA, ,yriuo surf.i.nt ,yLoI, q
sou,n and r,,.rly s.i,,,cd food Ip
with diet II Is we'll ia r..
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