from "The American Educator", 1920:
Influenza, or Grippe, an infectious disease
having the symptoms of a severe cold,
notably headache, chills, fever, discharges
from the nose and an aching throughout
the body. Ordinary attacks yield to such
measures as the administration of laxatives,
hot mustard foot baths (to bring on perspir-
ation), and the administration of hot drinks
and medicines containing quinine. Absolute
rest in bed, warmth and quiet are necessary
for speedy recovery.
Spanish Influenza, a virulent form of influenza
which swept over various parts of the world
in 1917-1918. It was so called because its
ravages were in the beginning of the epidemic
most serious in Spain. It caused an abnor-
mally-high death rate both in Europe and
America, and was equally a menace to
World War soldiers and to civilians. Besides
manifesting the ordinary symptoms of
influenza, this form of the disease frequently
developed serious complications, such as
pneumonia, bronchitis, heart trouble and
mastoid abscess.
Nearly every community in the U.S. adopted
quarantine regulations for varying periods.
People were urged to avoid crowds, to
smother coughs and sneezing in handker-
chiefs, to keep their homes well ventilated
and to take good care of the general health.
Sources of infection were secretions from
the nose & throat, which were carried about
in the air by dust and were transmitted both
directly and indirectly. A few months after
the epidemic subsided a peculiar disease
developed in which the patient experienced
prolonged sleeping spells, sometimes dying
without regaining consciousness. Physicians
were unable to determine its relation to
influenza.
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