Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-13
RULES AGAINST CLAIM OF GROION MAN

right foot, has Been clearly establisaed-
 and the wound -healed in the, regular
 course aof events, he being able to re- ssume work in about month's time. The pflebitis could not in any way have been
 dependent upon this injury as the tess
 timony of the attending physician shows
 About eight months later he suffered a
 burn of the left foot but this healed in the regular course, and he returned to his work in few weeks and continued at his regular occupation. In the opinion of the physician who attended this sec ond injury there was nc connection be- tween it and the phlebitis which develop ed about five months later.
 By the process of elimination of the other questions involved this brings us squarely to the suestion of what was the causative factor in producing the phiebitis 1 (which has been found to be the direct eouse of the amputatioE of the leg), and whether the employment had anything to do with the contraction of the influenza and pneumonia from the phlebitis develop ed.
 The claimant suffered frpn an attack of influenza in February, s2o, and he d. so had an attack in September, 1918. This last attack of influenza in 1920. carried with it the regular bronchial pneumonia which is the typical form of pneumonia which comes with the infiu- enza. It was not the iobar type of pneu- 1 monia.
 1 This influenza and pneumonia is a con- 1 agious and infectionus disease, acute in l type, and in this particular case had the | marked catarrhal inflammation of the re- : spiratory track This is disease which ! is on an epidemic character and one 1 which spreads with the greatest rapidity l as was noticeable in the recent epidemics ! which have occurred in thisNc 1uRtry. Age i confers no exemption and previous at 1 tacks, instead of conferring immunity, as ] in many diseases, IT, this particular type j it's predisposes other attacks.
 l The disease is caused by an organism ,. which can be found in the sputun, blood
 lungs and in other. organs of the body :Inauenza is most dangerous because d it's complications mad the most seriou. i complication is the bronchial pneufllonif ] which goes with it.
 ! The period of incubation. after tn, germ lands in the system, is usually iron two to four days, which would show that while this man was taken on the S1st o January.> the organism which produced this disease was in his system some few l days previous to this time. His attacl i was typical of the disease. ! rather short course, but with the compii cations. such as the bronchial pneumonia
 It is rather prolonged ia it's course, ans i the outcome is frequently serious.
 Throhbo- -nhlebitis- was the other seri
 oGs comp icati5n or seauels which devel
 oped in the case which have before u: It caused plugging of one of the larg
 veins. probably the lilac or femora
 shutting off the eturIl su7niv of bi1o
 from the lowsr extremity This fa!lur
 of circulation cansed death of the par
 Hna after g:!ng-ene had Nonce scf in. l in e9rler 10 save the further extension (
 fhe ganerenous process. amputation of tn lsr vas necessary. >I As can be clearly seen from the fors ~oinc sta:en1ents and fr?r1 taa medicf
 survey of the history of influenza wit
 it's scornpicatio1s. influenza is a csntaeiou
 md infectious diSerse and one whic
 could not b. trss9able to employment 2 I . causa-ive factor in this cease. as ~ould ba Inross:h'e to say when or whel
 the rerrn which produca1 the induen7 : entered the systf-,. Consequently tn l i~f1n rza and rnenmoria could not ! , r''assed as an injury nr'sing out Of and , he course of e1op!oyment.