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WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT SPANISH FLU?
Uncle Sam's Health Experts Tell How to Handle Disease if It Hits Your Family
WluM y"" '• n " w about
spanish influenza
l nkinl StaU*. tov«Ti»
be(un a i*m|>»lrn of
I Jurl*'"- Tliru the I nlt**l
«Uto> public health service,
Jv, Kpuni-Ji Influenia," or
!!»«• rtT f'vrr" l» tIUrUMMI
M follow^
What Influenia? la It
jtO BROUGHT
MHB
P*in 1* 'he symptom of rh»um»
~m in»i every victim re.-ocnliea hut
xH physician appreciates that thin
.» m marliftl » h.trni"lrrl»Ui' of
disease Trying to cure rlirunui
ujn, while the Mood remains thin
»aJ mk Is on utmost Impossible
iml> because thrre la nothing to
Mthl oil
jlr Harry 1. S«v,r of M t'nlon
Lynn Mas* . a carpenter. was
t to rheumatic attacks. and
fen experience will interest others
stw suffer In that way. Mr Seaver
mr*
"t had rheumatism off and on for '
twenty )«ira My work at one (im»
kept me out In *ll kind* of weather. !
tad dampltees and exposure roused
mp affliction I had dull aching palm
in the left shoulder and In the right
knee Thev were an severe at tlmea
they made It Impossible for me
9 r».«t *» night I suffered with
■ ■>— had dixxy spells and »»»
wr»ou< My stomach was out of or
tst, I learned of a person who had
gaid lir. Williams' link lllla aa a
trMtnent for rheumatism. and thla
decided me to try them They helped
me and relieved me of pain They
Hn naver failed In my case and I
lan recommended them to many j
•ate"
Jn no disease doe* the blood ahew
lava altering and thinning than In
rtitamatism No permanent relief la
pMrible until the blood la restored
aad the rheumatic i>oisons are east
•at
Ton can set Pr Williams' Pink
Mte at the nearest drug store i«her
*rrn you may live, or they will be
seat by nail, postpaid. up»n receipt
at prtc*. fifty cents per box. six
lena far two dollars and a half by
tba Dr. Williams Medicine Co.. Sche- ,
airnitr S Y. Send for the free
taapfciet "Building I'p the Blood."
4I ToH*lpM*k»
111 Strong. Ke«n
UV American*
».
Mm used by eesr three rr 11IIon I
(■aria annually. It will tn- ;
mass the strength «f w»ak.
■sriuus. run down folka In two I
ssafcj time. In many Instances
Jktk your doctor or druggist I
M It I
as
EVERY
PERSON
»ii>«u lbln« for a Fourth ,
liberty Loa.fi Bond at the '
Japanese
Commercial Bank
will receive a Urge rrnp
of the
Battle Ground
of Liberty
with the pronunciation of
' the hard wor<la Indicated
oa the back of the map.
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Commercial
jfcfcttank^i
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on Earth
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■ L - •«• !•»•■« Mala ISM,
"omHhlni new? lt rotiir
fmm H|wln?
The disease now occurring In thta
country And rolled "spanish In
fluenza ' rm«inbli»K a very contag
ious kind of "cold'* nrittmiuinH by
fever. pains In the head, eyes. ears.
back or other parts of the body,
And a feeling «»f severe sickness
In vnont of the caar* the aytnptoma
after three or four days,
the pAtient then rapidly recovering
some of the patients, however, de
velop pneumonia, or Inflammation
of the ear, meningitis. And many
of then* complicated caae* die.
Whether thl* *<vcalied "Spanlah" In-
SHROUD FOR THE KAISER
T. S Maguire, an undertaker of St. Paul, haa been drafted and haa
taken with him to camp at Camp Wadsworth. s C., a burial shroud he
made for Kaiser Wilhelm He confidently expects to lake It alone to the
front and have It in hia kit when he marches into Berlin. The photo
shows Magulre and the shroud.
fluenxa la Identical with the epl
demlca of Influenxa of earlier years
is not yet known.
FpMewlc In U47
Epidemics of Influenza have
viaited thla country sinew 1<47. It
la Interesting to know that this first
epidemic was brought here from
Valencia, Spain. Since that time
there have been numerous epidemics
of the disease In IM> and IIM
an epidemic of Influenxa. starting
somewhere In the Orient. sprewd
first to linseia. and thence over
practically the entire clvlllxed
world. Three years later there was
another flare up of the disease
Both times the epidemic sprewd
widely over the t'nltesl States.
Alf ho the present epidemic Is
called "Spanish Influenxa," there is
no reason to believe that it orlgl
nated In Spain Some writers who
have 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
eastern front In the summer and
fall of Ml?.
How ran "Spanish Influenza" be
recognized?
There la a* yet no certain way
In which a alnicte case at "Spanish
Influenza" can be reroenlytd. on the
other hand. recognition la easy
where there !• a group of rases
Tn contrast to the outbreak* of ordi
nary cough* and colda, which usually
occur In the cold months, epidemic*
of Influenza may occur at any sea
son of the year. Thu*. the present
••lAlimic raged moat Intensely in
Kurope In May, June, and July.
Moreover. In the ca«e of ordinary
cold*, the general symptom* (fever,
pain, depression! are by no m«ans as
severe or as suddsn in their onset
as they are In Influenza. Finally,
ordinary colds do not spread thru
the community so rapidly or so ex
tensively aa does Influenza.
In most caaes a person taken *lck
with Influenza f»els sick rather
suddenly. ll* feel* weak, haa pain*
In th« eyes, ear*, hea/l or back, and
may be sore all over. Many patients
feel dizzy, some vomit. Mont of the
paUenta complain of feeling chilly,
and with this cornea a fever In
which the temperature rises to 100
to 104. In most cases the pulse re
mains relatively slow.
Patients "Ijook Hick"
In appearance one la atruck by
the fart that the patient look* alck.
Hla eyea and the inner aide of hi*
eyellrln may he allghtly "bloodahot,"
or "coniceated." :in the doctor* aay.
There may be running from the
none, or there may bo aome rough.
Theae al(pi* of a cold may not be
marked, nevertheleaa the patient
look a and feela very alck.
In addition to the appeurance and
the aymptoma aa already deacrlbed.
examination of the patlent'a blood
may aid the phyalclan In recogniz
ing "Hpanlah Influenza," for It haa
been found that In thia dlaeaae the
number of white corpuarlea ahowa
little or no Increaae above the nor
mal. If poaalblo that the labora
lory Invent Igatlona now l>eln»c made
thru the National Itraenrch roun
cil »nd the United Htatea Hygienic
laboratory will furnlah a more cer
tain way in which Individual cnaea
of till" dlaeaae can bo recognized.
What i* the roume of the dlaeaae?
Do people «lle of II?
Ordinarily, the fever laata from
three to four daya and the patient
recovera. Hut while the proportion
of deatha In the preaent epidemic
haa frenerally been low In aome
plarea the outbreak ha.* been aevere
and deatha have been numrroua.
When death occura It la uaunlly the
reault of a complication.
Wliat rsnaea the dlaeaae and how
ia It nprftll
liacterlologlata who have atudfod
Influenza epidemic* In the paat have
found In many of the cw* a very
amall rod ahaped germ called, after
it* dlaoowrtr, Pfeiffer's bacillus. In
other iiiAf* tif apparently the mmiim*
kind of there wer* found
pneumococci, the germs of lobar
pneumonia. Hvtil othera have been
cuuwd hy streptococci. And by other
with lon* name*
Ci»iiililuk Dangr-ruim
No mutter what particular kind
of germ cau*e« the epidemic, it In
now t>elievcd that Influenza In til
way a spread from person to person
the Rrrmi beinx Curried *lth the
Air Along with the very »m*ll drop
let a of mucus. expelled by coughs
Inn or sneezing, forceful talking, and
the like, by one who AlreAdy haa the
germs of the disease They may also
[be carried about In the air In the
Worm of dust coming from dried
j mucus, from coughing and gneea
I Ing. or ffom cwrrlees people who
j spit on the floor and on the aide
walk. Aa In most other catching
disease*, a person who haa only a
mild attack of the disease himself
may give a very severe attack to
others.
What should be done by those
who ralrh tlw disease?
It Is very Important that every
person who becomes sick with In
fluenxa should go home at once and
'go to bed. This will help keep away
dangerous complications and wrlll.
at the same time, keep the patient
from scattering the disease far and
wide. Jt is highly desirable that no
one be allowed to sleep In the same
room with the patient. In fact, tio
one but the nurse should be allowed
in the room.
If there Is rough or sputum or
running of the eyes and nose, care
should be taken that all such dls
j charges are collected on bits of
gauxe or rag or paper napkins and
burned. If the patient complains of
f-vee and headache, he should be
; given water to drink, a cold com
press to the forehead, and a light
sponge.
Beware Safe Core
Only such medicine should be
given as Is pree<-rlbed by the doctor
It Is 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 of Upset Stomach
fFood souring, gas, acidity!
If your meals hit back caus
indigestion or heartburn here's
Tape's Diapepsin is noted
for its speed in ending all . aA
stomach distress. Never fails.
Keep it handy. Tastes nice Jbdkf -
UPSET? Pape's Diapepsin mYDMre^
MORE WEIGHT, STRENGTH,
VIGOR AND NERVE-FORCE
If You Take Bitro-
Phosphate—Say#
Dr. F. S. Kolle
Judging from the rountlenn prep
arations and treatments whleh are
continually being advertised for the
purpose of making thin people
fleshy. developing arms, nerk and
bunt, nnrl replacing ugly hollows and
angles by the sort curv»d line* of
health nnd beauty, there nr«- evi
dently thousands of men and women
who keenly feel their excessive thln
n Thinness and weakness nro usual
ly due to starved Our bodies
need more phosphate than Is con
tained In modern foods. I'hyslrlans
rlmlm there Is nothing that will sup
ply this deflrleney so well as the or
ganic pho*r>hst»' known mnotiK
druggists an bitro-pliosphate, which
In Inexpensive, and is sold by iiiohl
mII druggists under a guarantee of
satisfaction or money back.
TIIK RKATTLK STAR—FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 101 ff.
harmleaa" remedlea advertised !>y
[xitriii mwllrlno wnnuftwlurffi.
If the patient In ao altuatad that
li«» inn l>e attended only »>y aoma one
who mum nlao look nJfttr otherti In
the family. It l« advlaahla that auch
ttlfiiilant *mr a wrapper, apron, or
a.iwn over the ordinary houae
clotheae while In Oie ali'k room, ami
Blip thla off when leavlDK to look
iifler the other*
Nuraea and attendant® will <lo well
lo KUtU'l aKalnat hiealhlna |n dan
tteroua tllae,iae uerma foy wearing a
aim pie fold of k,i u/.e or inaak whlla
near lh" patient.
Will a |trr«oii who liaa had In
flurnia before ratcll the dlanaae
attain?
It la well known that an attaek
of meaalea or Bc-ii'let fever or email
|ki* usually protecta a peraon
another attack of the nam"
dlneaae. Till* »PP"'»r« not to lie
true of H|>anlah Influenaa. Accord
Inic to newapaper reiairta, the kltttt
of Htwln Buffered an attack of ln
fluenxa durlnn the epidemic SO
year* ago, and waa attain atrlcken
durin* the re.-ent outbreak In Hpaln
How ran one guard a(oin»l the
InflueiKaf
In RUardlnit aßalnat dlaeAae of all
klnda. It la Important that the body
t>e kept atronit and able to flitht off
dlacuae germa Thla «n 1"" done by
having a pro par proportion of work,
play, and real, by keeping the laxly
welt clothed, and by ratlnte auffl
dent, wholeaome. and properly
lected food. In connection with
diet. It la well to remetnl>er that
milk la one of the l>eat all around
fooda obtainable for adulta aa well
ua children.
Don't Overcrowd
Ho far aa a dlae;iac like Influenxa
la concerned. health trulhorltlea
everyw her rwoflilw the \ery cloae
relation between Ita apread and
overcrowded homea While It la not
alwaya poaalhle, eapeclally In tlmea
like the preaent, to avoid auch over
crowdlnit. peotile ahould I'onalder tho
health dancer and nuike every rf
fort to reduce the home overcrowd
In* to a minimum. Tlte value of
freah air thru open window. oan
not ha over cmphaalaed
Whera crowding la unavoidable,
aa In street c*r« cara ahould be
taken to keep tha face bo turned
aa not to Inhale directly the air
breathed out by another peraon.
Get Out of Doors
It In MptclAlly import mot to b*
war* of the *ho roughs or
•nr*»ar« without covering hl« mouth
or nn««. It klao follow® that
should kaep out of erowda and
■tuffy pUrcc •• much •• poaalWa.
keep homfi. offlrH, and w«rk«hop«
well aired, apend »*>m« tlm* out of
•loom each day. walli to work If at
all practicable In abort make
#v«tt pcwdbl" rffort to breatha aa
much pure air a« p«w»»lble
"Coyer up eoch couith and aneexe
If you don't you'll apread dieeaae."
RUMANIA LOSES
800,000 IN War
tttprclal to Th* Star by N K- W
UONDON. Oct. latest figures
•how thai Rumania baa lost 800,000
people during th« war and th« ger
man "peace" that has followed It
Till* is 11 Per cent of her before lh«-
w»r population.
And now tlei-nanr. tenor!n* her
peac* treaty, haa demanded from
Kunuvnla 110.000 tona of «raln. The
penalty threatened la to atarve every
body In tha occupied dlatricta If the
nation doean't comply.
With famine alrmdy utarlne her
In th# far*, Rumania now fm «•* th»>
proposition "f utarvlnK If »h«- dnm,
; vnd Iwlnit rtarwd If *h« dowin'l. Ac
I oxlo to th» Toutona' demand.
Th«# motive behind the Oermnn or
ders Is sai'i to be to force out the
kfng anil queen of Kumanla and all
politician* faithful to ths allied
cause.
FILMS TEACH LAND
WORK TO ENGLISH
fSpoclal to Ttw Star by N. K. A.)
LONDON. Oct. work of
th« women's land army of england
l« being shown In moving pictures to
I teach Kngllah city folks how to "go
i back to the land."
Frederick Knlle, M. T)„ editor of
New York I'hyalclana' "Whoa Who,''
aaya "Bltro-I'hoaphatn ahould lie
prescribed by every doctor and uaed
In every hoapltal to Increaae
atrenttth and nerve forco and to en
rich the blood."
liy feedln* the norvoa <tlr»a-t 1>- and
hy aupplylnit the body .Hl* With
the neceaxary phoaphorlc food ele
ment*, bltro-phoaptiate oulckly pro
duce* a welcome tranaformatlon In
th>> appearance; the In<- r•• n »in
weight frequently bclriß natonlahlntr.
Thla Increuae In wet K ht alao car
rle* with It a ifcnernl improvement
In the health. Nervouaneaa, aleep
lenKnenH and lack of energy, which
nearly nlway* accompany exceaalvn
thtnneaa, noon dlaapprar, dull eyea
become hrlKht, anil iwil" chei ka klow
with the bloom of perfect health.
CAUTION; Although hltro-phoa
phate la unaurpaaned for relieving
narvouaneaa, aleep|»aanea and gen
eral weakneaa, It ahould not, owing
to It* remarkable fleah-Krnwlng
propertlea be uaed by anyone who
docs nut dcalre to put uu fleck.
Why the Best
0
apHunr
/
—IN—
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.
To do this meant cutting out non- surcs tailoring that can be absolutely
essential operating expense; careful guaranteed for style, fit, good work
selection of high quality fabrics manship and shape-retaining quali
and buying from America's foremost ties. These factors are essential to
clothing manufacturers, which in- satisfactory wear.
Make your dollars Thrifty Dollars.
Buy your Overcoat and Suit the
Upstairs way.
Thousands to select from
'l5 ~5 4 5
UATQ Wc sell high quality d»Q [?A i. d*C CA
n/il J Hats at a real saving. «|><£.OU 10. «J>D.DU
Upstairs C/o/Aej- J%o/>
JOSHUA GREEN BUILDING FOURTH AT PIKE
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