Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-01-30
FRIDAY, JAN. 30, 1920.
DREAD ENEMY IS NOT DEAD

n Of it passed without any signs OF the flu
appearing, we had begun to look upon our
experience of year ago a nightmare, long while
in the past and not likely To occur again. Occasion
ay someone recalled the difference in pleasant,
joyful conditions this winter. and particularly during
the holiday season. with experiences OF year
ago. and we felt grateful for the change. In the
pleasures and apparent securities of the present,
one seemed to think seriously of the chance OF the
community and country being again plunged into
the abyss of gloom anxiety and suffering endured
last winter But such is the compass of the human
mind Almost in day. and without warning, we
are confronted by the loathsome plague which last
year claimed so many victims throughout the coun-
try and almost before we awake to the situation,
it has spread to dozens of homes, and again we hear
the cry of the afflicted in such numbers for assistance
that there are not sufficient volunteers to nurse them
In point of contagon, the epidemic OF year ago
could not touch the present outbreak Apparently
it was "nipped in the bud" so to speak, the first
cases being reported and guaranteed, and also all
exposures placed under restrictions pending develop
ments and it was hoped at the outset that the out
break could be corraled without resorting to the
drastic measures of closing schools, churches. places
of amusement and Of business. But the hope was
vain one The disease cropped up here and there
throughout the community until more than seventy
cases had developed within about week from the
time the first made its appearance In some few
instances the doctors al fault In their diagnosis
and the malady was spread by people acting in per-
fectly good faith In others the exposures occurred
before the people were awake to the danger. In
others. always the case, there has been careless
ness and lack of regard for the welfare of others
But whatever has been responsible for the rapid
spread of the disease in the past, the people should
now be thoroughly alive to the situation and compre-
bend the vrily and malignancy of the monster they
coping with and leave stone unturned that will
assist in cornering the reptile.
One splendid piece of advice is to remain at home
as far as possible Do not mingle with other people
than is absolutely necessary neither in their
homes nor in public places and on the streets. You
never tell when you going to come in
tact with the contagon, and better to be the
safe side until the atmosphere clears considerably
There are lot of remedies which different peo-
pie have tried out with varying degrees of success
but thus far no specific has been found for the dis
ease. either in the form of preventative or as
cure. The best advice is to avoid it. If you take
the disease spite OF your and precautions go
to bed keep warm and do not treat the attack with
careless indifference; and send for doctor before
you are beyond help. AT that it may be some time
before you the services of physician,
for they are kept the Jump to for all the sick
Last year local barber was made the recipient
of many puns and jbes because of the confidence he
and his co-workers placed in little box each car
ned containing cotton saturated with formadehyde.
II was referred to as 'Harrys rabbit-foot" and the
charm box, etc. Possibly it does not amount to any
more than one common would suggest; pos
sby the members of this family are or were naturally
immune But the fact remains that despite the fact
that they were repeatedly exposed, shaving men who
were coming down with the disease on a number of
different occasions, shaving those who died of the
disease they were among the very few in the places
OF business who escaped the disease. 1t may be only
bit OF nonsense, and does seem unreasonable that
one could carry enough fomaIdehyde on his person
TO destroy the influenza germs without parylzing his
own heart But it can be taken for what ii is worth,