The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-08-21
PREPARE TO FIGHT
DREAD INFLUENZA
UNABLE TO CON.
TROL DISEASE.
Preventive Measures.
Dr. Hayne Tells of the Bone Sprav
Dl>ease-Dr. Hayward Gibbes
On Futile Efforts,

DR.. J. A. Hayne. State health Off
Ger, says that very soon plans will
have been finished to meet anv emerg-
ency should there be an epidemic of
influenza in this or any of the South
ern States.
AT recent meeting of the State
health officers DR.. Ennion G.. Will
lams, State commissioner of health of
Virginia, DR.. ". S. Rankin, State
health officer of North Carolina, and
DR.. J. A. Hayne, State health officer
of South Carolina, were appointed
a committee to prepare plans to COM
bat any epidemic of influenza should
such occur.
All physicians ready for service
Will be enrolled and so will be the
trained nurses and those who have
taken Red Cross training. When the
plans are complete they will be filed
for immediate use.
DR.. Hayne says that the State is not
now free from influenza. Three
cases have been reported from Able
vile county in the last month, and
one Or two other cases have been re-
ported.
DR.. Hayne. when asked what pre-
ventative measures should be taken,
said that the people could Judge of
that when they understand that in
fuenza was what is known as a
"spray bone' disease 1t is spread by
eXhalations in the breath. AS ex-
nlained by him in eathing person
makes minute exhalat tions to the dis
tance of about five feet. These ex-
halations when taken into the lungs
of others cause infection. Persons
should be careful to sneeze into their
handkerchiefs, and in coughing
should cover their mouths. Protec-
tion from influenza may be had only
therefore in staying away from
crowded assemblages, and in the use
Of proper gargles and sprays.
In his address to the South Caro-
lima Medical Association, Dr.. Hayne
said:
''I do not know that We are much
better off than the Italians were in
the 18th century, who ascribed in
f1uenza to the influenza of the stars.
It is also ascribed to earthquakes
and volcanic eruptions. 1t has ap-
peared at sea far away from COM
munication with land. This occurred
to Admiral Richard Kempenfelt. We
note also being epidemics, one in
1s47, which lasted about eight years,
and one another in 1880, and it seems
to prevail independently of climate,
season or weather. 1t has nothing
to do with bad cold, but is an acute
specific fever of unknown origin"
DR.. J. Hayward Gibbes in a paper
printed in The Journal of the South
Carolina Medical Association says:
Zone would think that in approxi-
mately 400 years the lay mind would
have been robbed of some of its mys-
tifcation and superstitution associat-
ed with the outbreaks of influenza
and that the medical profession
would be unfailing in its recognition
and somewhat proficient in its con-
troll. But such distinction can not be
Justly claimed. The very term 'inf1u-
enza' implies ignorance and fear be-
ing simply the italian equivalent for
influence, and the same may be SAID
of the French designation of the dis
ease. la grippe. Peculiar atmospher-
ic conditions, meteorologic and tel
logic influences, and the idea OF a
providential afliction upon wicked
world. which represent the groupings
explanatory efforts Of previous cen
turies have given place to thoughts
of a poison disseminated by German
activities. and fears of worldwide
endemic of a bubonic plague in our
Goth century. The records of our
| army camns and our bureaus of vital
statistics too plainly establish the fu-
+i1itv of our efforts of control"