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LIMITATIONS OF MAN.
Men tire c'-ajuiu the ........... of ef
fect to cause, but tbeir «vinclitsbuts ar>
in disagreement. Unsatisfactory to th
generality of mankind. If not even t>
those who indulge in them. The world
1* suffering ns It has not befer«» suffer
ed Since the flood recordwl in the Ge
nesis of revelation; but what was said
by our American Eater tt is recalled:
“It is the finite that h..s wrought un i
suffered; the influite lies stretched In
smiling repose.”
Omteniporaneou>
events are marching along, clothed in
habilaiuents of blood; a part of com
mon earth that but a short four years
ago was teeming with busy millions
engaged in the business of busy lives,
seems to be hungering human graves.
All this may appear clearer tv
coming generations than to the present,
just as we of the present in the light
of history have a clearer understanding
of past causes than was enjoyed by
those who have lived when history was
being made, says Knoxville Journal
Tribune. The finite works and suffers;
“the infinite lies stretched In smiling
repose.”
The finite reckons time by
years, days and hours; with the in
finite a thousand years are but as a
day.
UNCLE SAM’S
ADVICE ON FLU
, U. S. Public Health Service Issues
Official Health Bulletin
on Influenza.
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crease above the nornial. It Is possi
ble Him the laboratory inveaUgatlona
now being mndt» through the Nt..local
Research t'ouuell ami the United
States Hygienic Laboratory will fur
nish a more certain way in which Indi
vidual cits«»* of lilts dlaeaso cau be
recognised.”
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covers But while th«> proportion of t
LATEST WORD ON SUBJECT, «baths In th«' present epidemic has
generally been low. in some places the f
outbreak ha* Keen severe am! deaths
Epidemic Probably Not Spanish In have been numervua When «h'ath oo
Origin—Germ Still Unknown—Peo curs It I* usually the result of a com
plication."
ple Should Guard Against "Droplet
Infection”—Surgeon General Blue
Make* Authoritative Statement.
Washington. D. fl—(Special.)—Al
though King Alphonso of Spain was
one of the victims of the Intluenaa epi
demic In 1893 and again this summer, i
Spanish auth«.rilles repudiate any
claim to Influenza as a “Siatnlsh" dis
ease. If the people of this country do
not take care the epidemic will be
come so whlesprea«! throughout the
l’ulte«l States that soon we shall hear
the disease railed “American'' Influ
enza.
tn response to a rvspiest for definite
Information con«-ernlng Spanish Influ-
ei.-¡i. Surgeon General Kt»(X’rt Blue of
ti.e 0. S. Public Health Service has
authorised the following official Inter-
view:
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What Is Spanish Influenza?
something new? Does it come from
Spain?
'The «iisease now occurring In this
country and calle«l 'S|»an -h Influen
ts resembles n very contagious kind
of 'cold- accompanied by fever, pains
Coughs and Sneezes
Our most potent contribution to win
ning the war in the year has been in
loans, amounting to over $¿>.000.000,000
and the flow of muniUons and supplies
As Dangerous as rtnson Gas Shells
from our industries, factories and fields.
to the head, eyes, ears. back or other
The nation has respt>n«led nobly to the
parrs of the body and a feeling of se
call for sacrifice'and service. Notwith
vere sickness. In most of the cases the
standing offi ial aud semiofficial mis
symptoms disappear after three or four
calculations and muddling that possi
days, the patient then rapidly recover
bly could not be avoided, the people,
ing. Some o* the patients, however,
as a whole, have overlooked these mis
develop pne- ion fa, or inflammation
chances or grimly resolved to make
of the ear, o. nenlngitls, and many of
the best of them, and have submitted
these complicated cases die. Whether
with good grace In a single purposed
this so-called 'Spanish' Influenza Is
determination to get on with the war.
identical with the epidemics of influen
This voluntary disciplining Is the most
za of earlier years is not yet known.
convincing evidence of the national at
“Epidemics of Influenza have visited
titude toward the war, the most com this country since 1647. It is interest
plete answer to the occasional com ing to know that this first epidemic
plaint of popular Indifference or the was brought here from Valencia.
need of arousing the country. Fam Spain. Since that time there have
ilies and communities that have seen been numerous epidemics of the dis
their nearest and dearest set out for ease. In 1889 and 1890 an epidemic
the front, who have pinched and de of Influenza, starting somewhere in the
nied themselves to buy Liberty bonds, Orient, spread first to Russia and
war stamps, subscribe to the lied Cross thence over practically the entire civ
and kindred campaigns, to save food ilized world. Three years later there
and fuel, to sacrifice and serve, are was another flare-up of the disease.
fully alive to what this struggle means Both times the epidemic spread wide
ly over the United States.
and why It must be won.
“Although the present epidemic is
called 'Spanish inll ienza,' there Is no
The Rev. J. B. Kraemer, S. J., of
reason to believe that it originated in
Marquette university, furnishes an in- Spain. Some writ« its who have studied
teresting explanation of why the shock the question believe that the epidemic
resulting at ench discharge of th" Ger came from the Orient and they call at
man “mystery gun” may be recorded tention to the fact that the Germans
by seismograph at Buffalo, while much mention the disease as occurring along
greater explosions occurring at muni the eastern front in the summer and
tion plants have failed to register. The fall of 1917.”
How can "Spanish Influenza" be rec
factory explosions, he points out, ex
ognized?
pend their force in the air, while the
“There is as yet no certain way in
foundations of the German gun prob
which a single case of ‘Spanish Influ
ably are deeply imbedded in the earth,
enza' can be recognized. On the oth
its discharge imparting a concussion er hand, recognition Is easy where
which causes tremors like those pro there is a group of cases Tn contrast
duced by an earthquake.
to the outbreaks of ordinary coughs
and colds, which usually occur in the
The Austrian army officer who was cold months, epidemics of thliuenza
compelled by public sentiment to aban may occur at any s«-ason of the yetr.
don a lucrative concert tour illustrates Thus the present epidemic raged most
Intensely in Europe In May, June an«l
the danger of versatility, No man can July. Moreover, In the ease of ordi
be expected to maintain supreme pro- nary colds, the general symptoms
ficiency with the sword and the vio- (fever, pain, depression) are by no
lin bow both, at once.
means as severe or as sudden In their
onset as they are In Influenza. Final
One fact cannot be erased, ripped, ly, ordinary colds do not spread
raveled, or burnt out of existence, and through the rorun. inlty so rapidly or
b « j extensively as does Influenza.
it is this: Any able-bodied man or
“In most cases a person taken sick
woman who does not perform useful with influenza feels sick rather sud
service every day fails of duty and denly. He f«*eis weak, has pains In the
is a burden «pen a war-ridden coun eyes, ears, bead or back, and may be
sore all over.
Many patients feel
try.
dizzy, some vomit. Most of the pa-
Write letters to the boys in France. tienta complain of feeling chilly, nnd
They are in another quarter of the with this comes a fever In which the
globe, under strange skies and in lone temperature rises to 100 to 104. In
most cases the pulse remains relative
some places.
Don't begin “nothing ly slow.
has happened this week out of the or
“In appearance one is «truck by the
dinary.”
fact that the patient looks sick. His
eyes and the Inner side of his eyelids
After saying that there weren’t any may be slightly ‘bloodshot,’ or ‘con
American soldiers in France, Germany gested,’ a* the doctors say. There
announced that she had licked a lot of may be running from the nose, or
there may be some cough. These signs
American soldiers. It is probable that
of a cold may not be marked; never-
one statement is just as true as the theless the patient l«M>ks and feels very
other.
sick.
"In addition to the appearance and
Owing to the wai the poaching egg the symptoms ns already described,
has almost disappeared from the mar examination of the patient’s blood may
ket. The average egg now thinks it aid the physician In recognizing 'Span
has done its full duty when it accu» ish influenza,' for It bus been found
bl es.
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What causes ths dissass and how Is
It spread?
“Bacteriologists who have studied In
fluenza epidemics In the past have
found In many of th«' eases a very
»mall rod-shapttd germ cnlled, after Ila
discoverer, Pfeiffer’» bacillus in other
cases of apparently the same kind of
disease there were found pneumococci,
the germs of lobar pneumonia
Still
others have been caused by strepto
cocci, and by others germs with long Li
names.
“No mailer what particular kind of
gertn causes the epidemic. It Is now-
believed that Inliuetiut Is always
spread from person to person, the
germs being carried with the air nlong
with th«' very small droplets of mucus, r
expelled by coughing or sneezing,
forceful talking, and the like by one
who already has the germs of the dls-
easts. They tuny also be carried about
in the air In the form of dost coming
from drbs! mucus, from coughing ami
sneezing, or from careless people w ho
spit on the floor and on the sidewalk,
As tn most other catching diseases, a
person who has only a mild attack of
the disease himself may give a very
severe attack to others.”
What should be done by those who
catch the disease?
“It la very Important that every |>er-
son who becomes sick with tnfluenza
should go home nt once and go to bed.
This will help keep away dangerous
complications and will, at the same
time, keep the patient from «►tittering
the disease* far and wide, It Is highly
desirable that no one be allowed to
sleep tn the same room with the pa
tient. In fact, no one but the nurse
should be allowe«! In the mom.
“if there Is cough und sputum or
running of the ey«>s and nos«', car«»
should be taken that all such dis
charges are collect*1«! on bits of gauze
or rag or paper napkins am! burned.
If the patient complains of fever and
headache, he should be given water tt>
drink, a cold compress to the forehead
and a light sponge. Only such medi
cine should be given as Is pr«jscritH-«l
by the doctor. It Is foolish to ask the
druggist to prescribe and may be tlan-
gerous to take the so-cali«*d 'safe, sure
and harmless' remedies advertised by
patent medicine manufacturers.
“If the patient is so situated that he
can be attend«»«! only by some one who
must also look after others in the fam
ily, it is advisable that such attendant
wear a wrapper, apron or gown over
the ordinary house clothes while in the
sick room and slip this off when leav
ing to look after the others.
“Nurses an«! attendants will do well
to guard against breathing In danger
ous disease germs by wearing a simple
fold of gauze or mask while near the
patient”
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The cycle of money invested in Liberty
Bonds is short and complete. The |>eople
lend the money to the Government, the Gov
ernment lends some of it to our Allies, and
our Government and our Allies straightway
spend the money, or the greater portion of
it, among the people of the United States,
in some instances the money paid in by wage
earners on one installment of liberty Bonds
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• and by their employers paid back to them in
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Will a person who has had Influenza
before catch the disease again?
“It Is well known that an attack of
measles or scarlet fever or smallpox
usually protects a person against an
other attack of the same disease. This
appears not to be true of ’Spanish In
fluenza.' According to newspaper re
ports the King of Spain suffered an
attiu-k of influenza during the epl-
Jemlc thirty years ago, and was again
stricken during the recent outbreak in
Spain.”
How can one guard against influ
enza?
“In guarding against disease of ail
kinds, it Is Important that the body be
kept strong and able to fight off dis
ease germs. This can be done by hav
ing a proper proportion of work, play
and rest, by keeping the body well
clothed, and by eating sufficient whole
some and pr«>j>erly selected food. In
connection with diet, It Is well to re
member thaj milk Is one of the best
all-around foods obtainable for adults
as well as children. So far as a dis
ease like tnfluenza la concerned, health
authorities everywhere recognlz«.- the
very close relation between its spread
and overcrowded homes. While It Is
not always possible, especially In
tlmes llke the present, to avoid such
overcrowding, people should consider
the health danger and make every
effort to reduce the home overcrowd
ing to a minimum. The value of fresh
air through open windows cannot be
over emphasized.
"When crowding is unavoidable, an
to street cars, care should be taken to
keep the face so turned as not to In-
hale directly the air breathed out by
another person.
“Tt Is especially Important to I l>e-
ware of the person who coughs or
sneezes without covering his mouth
and nose. It also follows that one
should keep out of crowds and stuffy
places as much ns possible, keep
homes, offices ami workshops well nlr-
ed, spend some time out of doors each
day, walk to work If nt all practicable
—In short, make every poMible effort
to breathe as m«ich pure air as pos
sible.
"In al! health matters follow the ad
vice of your doctor an«l ol«ey th<> regti-
lotions of your local and state health
officera."
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“Cover up each cough and sneeze,
If you don’t you’ll spread diseaaq^
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