Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-10-09
HOW T0DEAL
WITH EPIDEMIC
now RAGING
Minnesota Public Health
Sends Out Precautions
and Advice.

At a meeting of the city officials
and a number of the business men
last night the decision to close all
public institutions with the exception
OF the schools was made.
DR.. W. A. Evans, health expert Of the
state, at a previous meeting advocated
not closing the city schools during an
epidemic, for he says, teachers
and nurses are better capable of r
ing for the children than the parents,
as each one is given individual atten-
ton and carefully watched for n
least sign of infection"
The Minnesota Public Health asso-
citation publishes the following rules
and symptoms which it may be well to
study as n way of being immune to
the disease is ITO Be Careful"
Spanish Influenza.
BY DR.. H. W. Hill of Minnesota Public
Health Association.
Symptoms-Sudden onset, dizziness.
weakness, pains in various parts of
body; temperature, rises suddenly to
1903 degrees or 104 degrees; headache,
pain in back. light hurts eyes: sore
throat, sometimes l%aryngitis, bronchi-
days, and patient RECEIVERS RAPIDLY; or
irregular fever persists, with bronchi-
tbs; death sometimes from acute
br%onchiolitis, with cynaosis and fail
ure of right heart; pneumonia some
times occurs.
Prostitution Is marked.
Incubation-From the moment of
infection to the beginning of the
symptoms an interval of one to four
during which the prospective patient
is not sick.
Infectiousness-The disease is
Caught" from previous sufferers, just
as is measles, or my severe cold, by
the discharges from the patients nose
and mouth reaching the mouth OF the
prospective patient; by kissing, using
the same handkerchief or towel, etc.
by inhaling air containing droplets
PEELED in coughing, sneezing, or even
talking; by snlears on fingers from
touching patients hands, bed clothes
especially pillows, etc: handker-
chiefs, ETC., and then putting these in
fected fingers in the mouth.
1sclation-Patient should be isolat'
ed at once, with disinfection of dis.
: charges Of nose and mouth, boiling o.
handkerchiefs. towels, ETC.; attendant!
respiratory to exclude droplets from
nose and mouth, and glasse,
(spectacles preferably-plain glass
will do) to protect eyes from same
Attendants hands must be washed
every time after touching patient OF
anything on which are patients dis
charges.
: Treatment-Patient in bed as Ions
as fever exists. Keep patient warm
supply fresh air, plenty of food ant
water, Dover's powders for pain
Great care during convalescence
: Quinine and aspirin (the latter especi
: ally only under physicians ordersl
seem useful.
Notes: (a) Isolation-so far, a
.possible, every patient should have
separate If wards must b.
used. large screens or temporary par
titions should be placed between beds
This is because the other germs, asso
ciated with the Pfeiffer bacillus, var.
have influenza. but some have othe
things, too, and, therefore, one infiu
enza patient may infect another in
huenza patient with his complication
and so make the attack worse than j
need have been.
Disinfection-During the attack, al
discharges, especially of nose ant
mouth, all infected towels, handker
chiefs. bed clothes, eating utensils
per cent carbolic acid, or 2 per cen
lysol, in water. There should be
single attendant, who should wear
respiration Cor mask. spectacle
(plain glass will do) and wash hand
always after touching patient; or dill
hands (instead of washingl ii
bichloride solution Il in 2000.) Fumi
cation after attack is unnecessary.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. L. Moebeck have a
their guest for the week theirdaugh
: ter. Mrs. A.. G.! Gosslin of Crobkstor