The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-10-10
SPANISH INFLUENZA PRECAU.
TIONS

1. Keep In mind that like most con-
tagious diseases influenza is spread
by contact. that Is, by the transfer
OF the poison from one person to an
other. 1t is spread by sneezing,
coughing end splitting at which times
the discharges from the nose and
throat are scattered in the air.
3. Avoid crowds as much as pos
sible. including moving picture places,
theaters and other assembly halls.
When feasible avoid crowded street
cars.
4. Make sure that you are properly
clothed, in accordance with varying
changes In temperature, prevalent
at this time of the year.
6. Fresh air Is always good. Keen
your bed room windows wide open,
and secure ~ much sleep as possible.
6. Keep the digestive organs In
good condition.
Z. Drink water freely.
8. Avoid common drinking cups,
common towels and similar utensils.
9. Wash your hands frequently.
o. Use q mild antlseptic as a nose
spray or as mouth gargle. espec-
tally II your throat is sore or there
IL tendency to sneezingg
IL. II you have cold" use .uten-
sils for your personal use exc!usiv ely,
or II you are In contact with one 30
affected be careful not to handle uten-
sils used by them.
IL. Consult family physician at
first onset Of symptoms suggestive OF
influenza.
IS. Spread this information as
much as possible In newspapers. NOV
ing picture shows, school houses,
churches, etc.
F. @. PERNoUD.
'Spanish Influenxa"-'.Three
Division. American Red Cross.
Medical Advisor Southwestern
Fever" "The Flu"
What is Spanish Influenza? Is II
something new? Does II come from
Spain?
The disease now occurring in this
country and called Spanish Influ-
enza" resembles very contagious
kind Of cold" accompanied by fever,
pains In the head eyes, ears, back
or other parts Of the body, and a
Feeling of severe sickness. In most
cases the symptoms disappear after
three or four days, the patient then
rapidly recovering; some of the pa
tients, however. develop pneumonia,
or inflammation of the ear, or men,
ingitis. and many of these compli-
Gated cases die. Whether this So
called Spanish" influenza is ident-
ical with the epidemics of influenza
OF earlier years Is not yet known.
Epidemtcs of influenza have visited
this country since 1647. II Is inter-
esting to know that this first epidem-
ic was brought here from Valencia,
Spain. Since that time there have
been numerous epidemics of the dis
ease. In 1889 and 1890 an epidemic
Of influenza, starting somewhere in
the Orient. spread first to Russia,
tire civilized world. Three years
later there was another flare-up of
the disease. Both times the epidem-
ic spread widely over the United
States.
Although the present epidemic ia
called Spanish Influenza" there is
ed In Spain. Some writer's who have
studied the question believe that the
epidemic came from the Orient and
they cali attention to the fact that
the Germans mention. the disease az
occurring along the eastern front in
the summer and fall of 1917.
How can Spanish influenza" be
recognized?
There Is yet no certain way in
which a single case of Spanish iu-
fluenza'' can be recognized; on the
other hand. recognition is easy where
there Is group of cases. In contrast
to the outbreaks of ordinary coughs