The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 11, 1918, Page 9

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT SPANISH FLU? ‘Uncle Sam’s Health Experts Tell How to Handle Disease if know about | something new? Does it come fpenish : from Spain? The United States govern The disease now occurring in this has begun & campaign of country and called Spanish in — . Thru the United | fluensa” resembles a very blic «health service, fous kind « pid” accomp: eee manish influensa,” or | fever, pains in the head, eyes, ears “hreeday fever” ts discussed =| back or other parts of the body “ and a fooling of severe sickness » In most of th GL) BROUGHT What ts Spanish influenza? Is it cases the symptoms disappear after three or four da j the patient then rapidly vering "ome Of the patients, however, de | velop pneumonia, or inflammation of the oar, or meningitis, of these SEATTLE STAR s Your Family It H advertiaed by its discoverer, Pfeiffer’s bacillus. In| harmless” remedics other cases of appa the same | patent: medicine manufacturers Kind of dim th found| If the pat pheumococel, the lobar | he can be attended only by nor pheumonia, "Still others have been | who must also look after oth caused by streptococe!, and by other! the family, it is advinable that such germa with long names attendant wear a wrapper, apron, or Coughing Danger gown over the ordinary house matter what part! k cloth while in the sick room, and mM causes the epid it slip thin off when leaving to look now believed that influenza is al | after the others ways spread from person to person the germs being carried with the alr along with the very small drop Nu « and attendants will do well jto guard against breathing In dan | gerous discase germa by wearing a| nd many | lets of mucus, expelled by cough:| ximple fold of gauze or mask while | complicated cases die. | ing or sneezing, forceful talking, and | : heel so-called “: . near the patient Whether this Hed “Spanish” in-' the like, by one who already has the | ‘Will person who has had tn 3 fluenza b catch the disease Pain is the symptom of rheuma tiga that every victim recognizes but the physician appreciates that thin) eed is a marked characteristic of disease, Trying to cure rheuma: | dm while the blood remains thin | impossible apd weak js an almost task because there is nothing on Mr. Harry 1. Seaver of 69 Union| a carpenter, was . Lynn, Mase t to rheumatic attacks, and | experience will interest others | Mr. Seaver | eh suffer in that way “fT had rheumatism off and on for My work at one time all kinds of weather, | bail thal that they made it impossible for me | ae at night. I suffered with | pervous Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills as a ge and relieved me of pain. They ethers. phoumatisrr | 5 poasidle | can get Dr. Williams’ Pink twenty years me out dampfess and exposure caused | my affliction T had dull aching pains | jwthe left shoulder and in the right} © severe at times | kage. They wer he, had dixsy spells and was | My stomach was out of or | I learned of a person who had (reatment for rheumatism, and this | decided me to try them. They helped | Dare never failed in my case and | Dave recommended them to many | Ro disease does the blood show altering and thinning than in e No permanent relief is until the blood is restored ami the rheumatic poisons are cast ‘price, fifty the Dr. nettady, N. Y. Send for PERSON mubecribing for a Fourth Literty Loan Bond at the Tae Bank Will receive a large map of the Battle Ground with the pronunciation of the hard words indicated onthe back of the map. DR. J. R. HINYON Free Examinations Wires Sn), Et Jensen from: aré the only one in ON FIRST AVE. start nen lutely necessary. fear, WT AVE. to at the nearest drug store wher. ever you may live, or they will be sent by mail. postpaid, upon receipt | ot cents per box, six Dae fap two dollars and a half by ‘Yiliams Medicine Co., Sche- the free Wr $2.50 c.asses y to finish, tion free, by graduate op- | prescribed | OPTICAL CO, 5. “Phone Main 1550, “all ¥ T. S. Maguire, an undertaker of taken with him to camp at Camp W made for Kaiser Wilhelm. He confid front and have it in his kit when he shows Maguire and the shroud. fluenza Is identical with the epi | demics of influenza of earlier years | is not yet known. Epidemic in 1647 | Epidemics of influenza | visited this country since 16 have here from) } | Valencia, Spain. Since that time there have been numerous epidemics [lof the disease. In 1889 and 1890 an epidemic of influenza, starting | the Orient, spread to Russia, and thence over the entire civilized Three years later there was the dineane demic spread 1} somewhere in firet | practically world another flareup of Both times the ep widely over the United States. Altho the present epidemic 1s called “Spanish influenza,” there is it origt Some writers who studied the question believe that the epidemic came from the Orient, and they call attention to the fact that the Germans mention the disease as occurring along the in the summer no reason to believe that nated in Spain. have eastern front fall of 1917. How can “Spanish tafluenza” be recognized? ‘There is am yet no certain way | lin which a single case of “Spaniah | | influenza” can be recogniged; on the | jother hand, recognition is easy | where there is a group of cases | In contrast to the outbreaks of ordt-| | nary coughs and colds, which usually |oceur in the cold months, epidemics of influenza may occur at any sea ‘Thus, the present raged most intensely in Europe in May, June, and July Moreover, in the case of ordinary colds, the general symptoms (fever, | pain, depression) are by no means as |severe or as sudden in their onset jas they are in influenza. Finally, ordinary colds do not spread thru the community so rapidly or so ex- tensively as does influenza. | In most cases a person taken sick | with influenza feels sick rather suddenly. He feels weak, has pains in the eyes, ears, head or back, and may be sore all over. Many patients feel dizay, some vomit. Most of the | patients complain of feeling chilly, | and with this comes a fever in which the temperature rises to 100/ to 104. In most cases the pulse re- | mains relatively slow, | Patients “Look Sick” | In appearance one is struck by | the fact that the patient looks sick. | His eyes and the inner side of hile! eyelids may be slightly “bloodshot,” or “congested,” as the doctors say. | There may be running from the nose, or there may be some cough. These signs of a cold may not be| ed; nevertheless the patient and feels very sick son of the year. | eptaemic mark: looks examination may aid the physician in recogniz- | ing “Spanish influenza,” for it has been found that in this disease the | number of white corpuscles shows | little or no increase above the nor. mal. It is possible that the labora- tory investigations now being made | thru the National Research coun-| jell and the United States Hygienic | laboratory will furnish a more cer. tain way in which individual cases | of this disease can be recognized. | What is the course of the disease? | Do people die of it? | Ordinarily, the fever lasts from three to four days and the patient recovers. But while the proportion | lof deaths in the present epidemic | has generally been low, in some 1 n optical! places the outbreak has been severe | who keenly foel their excessive thin n | and deaths have been numerous. When death occurs it is usually the | sult of a complication, ‘What causes the disease and how is it spread? Bacteriologists who have studied influenza epidemics in the past have | found in many of the cases a very odshaped germ called, after! | rer arr arr — SHROUD FOR THE KAIS Fadeworth, 8. C. | claim ther: St. Paul, has been drafted and has a burial shroud he ently expects to take it along to the marches into Berlin. The photo germa of the disease. They may also be carried about in the air in the orm of dust coming from dried mucus, from coughing and snees ing, or from careless people who 1t|#pit on the ficor and on the side | | is Interesting to know that this firet|W2lk As in most other catching | pamphlet “Building Up the Blood.” ‘ poet hy goer three million | | *Pidemic was brought j ann t uu = ) ee tun-down folks in two } diseases, a person who has only a mild attack of the disease himaelt may give @ very severe attack to others. What should be done by those who catch the disease? It is very important that every person who becomes sick with in fluenza should go home at once and go to bed. This will help keep away dangerous complications and will at the mame time, keep the patient from scattering the disease far and wide. It is highly desirable that no one be allowed to sleep in the same room with the patient. In fact, no one but the nurse should be allowed in the room. If there is cough or sputum or running of the eyes and nose, care should be taken that all such dis charges are collected on bits of gauze or rag or paper napkins and burned, If the patient complains of fever and headache, he should be given water to drink, a cold com press to the forehead, and a light sponge. Beware Safe Cure Only such medicine should be given as is prescribed by the doctor It i# foolish to ask the druggist to prescribe and may be dangerous to take the so-called “safe, sure and Stomach Acts Fine, No Indigestion! Eat without Fear Food souring, gas, acidity! If your meal ing belching, pain, flatuence, indigestion or hi instant relief. for its speed Keep it handy. Tastes nice ae Pe] stomach distres we and costs so stores, upset? Pape's Diapepsin Sic te | VIGOR AND NERVE-FORCE If You Take Bitro-|; Phosphate—Says Dr. F.S. Kolle Judging from the arations and treatm nich ar for the > i thin people fl | neck and Pape’s Diapepsin is noted an prep- again? | It is well known that an attack of 4 or scarlet fever or small | protects a person attack of the same usually gainst another disease, Thin appears | |true of Spanish influenza, Accord: | ing to newspaper reports, the king of Spain suffe » attack of in-| |fluenza during the epidemic 30) | years ago, and was again stricken during the recent outbreak in Spain can one guard against the influenza? | In guarding against disease of all | kinda, it is important that the body | be kept strong and able to fieht off disease germs. This can be done by having a proper proportion of work, | play, and rest, by keeping the body well clothed, eating suffi | and by | clent, wholesome, and properly ne: | lected food, In connection with diet, it is well to remember that allaround foods obtainable for adults as well as children, | Don't Overcrowd | So far as a disease Uke influenga | in concerned, health authorities | Fo in one of the best everywhero recognize the very close | lrelation between its spread and) | overcrowded homes, While it is not} in times uch over | always posnible, especially | like the present, to avoid | crowding, people should consider the | [health danger and make every ef | fort to reduce the home overcrowd: | |ing to a minimum. The value of \fresh air thru open windows | | not be over emphasized Where crowding is unavoidable, | jas in street cars, care should be} taken to keep the face so turned | an not to inhale directly the air) breathed out by another person. | Get Out of Doors It is expecially important to be | ware of the person who coughs or} | ancezes without covering his mouth | lor nose, It also follows that one should keep out of crowds and | atuffy places as much as ponstbie, keep homes, offices, and workshops | well aired, spend some time out of doors ench day, walk to work ff at all practicable—in short make| every poasible effort to breathe as/ |much pure air asx possible “Cover up each cough and sneeze, | lif you don’t you'll spread disease.” | RUMANIA LOSES | 800,000 IN WAR | (Special to The Star by N. BAD.) LONDON, Oct. 11—-Latest figures | lahow that Rumania has lost 600,000 | people during the war and the Ger- | |man “peace” that haa followed it. | ‘Thin in 11 per cent of her before-the war population, | And now Germany, fgnoring her | peace treaty, has demanded from Rumania 120,000 tons of grain. The} penalty threatened is to starve every: | body in the occupied districts if the | nation doean’t comply. With famine already staring her | in the face, Rumania now faces the | proposition of starving if mhe does, | and being starved if she doesn't, ac j cede to the Teutons’ demand. The motive behind the German or. ders is said to be to force out the king ang queen of Rumania and all politicians faithful to the allied cause FILMS TEACH LAND | WORK TO ENGLISH) | (Special to The Star by N. B. A) LONDON, Oct. 11-~The work of the women’s land army of England is being shown in moving pictures to teach English city folks how to “go| i back to the land.” of Upset Stomach s hit back caus- eartburn here’s No waiting! in ending all s. Never fails, little at drug Frederick Kolle, M.D. ew York Physi “Bitro- PI . editor of fans’ “Wh Who,” uld be | prescribed by ry doctor and used in every hospital to increase |atrength and nerve force and to en- rich the th . hy f | says nerves directly, and by ‘supplying the body celle? with the necessary phosphoric food ele- ments, bitro-phospnate quickly pro duces a welcome transformation In the appearance; the FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1918. | | | | SUITS AND OVERCOATS can be bought at the minimum of price at this great upstairs store is easily answered--- ‘The ideal of the founders was to sell good, honest clothing at a real saving and guar- antee of satisfaction to every buyer. 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Physicians is nothing that will sup 1 as the or n among drugesists -phosphate, which is inexp , and is sold b t all druggists under a guarantee of satisfaction or money back, ply this de gani ) weight frequently being aste Although i j it should t remarkable row! |propertien be used by anyone wh: idoes not desire to put on flesh, Upstairs ™ Clothes Shop JOSHUA GREEN BUILDING FOURTH AT PIKE