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INFLUENZA.
Territory of Alaska. Office of Com
missioner of Health, Juneau.
Influenza is communicated only
by direct contact: generally by
coughing; or sneezing. It is also
carried by soiled hands, dirty hand
kerchiefs, roller towels, etc.
It cannot be communicated thru
the mails.
It is thought often to be transmit
ted through the medium of “car
riers” or persons showing no symp
toms themselves. Serums are sup
posed to lend immunity to a certain
extent, but are not absolute.
Symptoms.
In most cases a person taken sick
with influenza feels sick rather sud
denly. He feels weak, has pains in
the eyes, ears, head or back, ab
domen, etc., and may be sore all
over. Many patients feel dizzy,
some vomit. Most of the patients
complain of feeling chilly, and with
this comes a fever in which the
temperature rises fro^ 100 degrees
to 104 degrees Fahrenheit. In most
cases the pulse remains relatively
slow.
In appearance one is strucK d> j
the fact that the patient looks!
sick. His eyes and the inner side of I
his eyelids may be slightly “blood-,
shot,” or congested, as the doctors,
say. There may be running from j
the nose, or there may be some ]
cought. These signs of a cold may j
not be marked; nevertheless the pa
tient looks and feels very sick. In j
a number of instances during the
recent pandemic a large proportion
of the cases of influenza showed an
intestinal (diarrheal) type of infec
tion.
In addition to the appearance and
the symptoms as already described,
examination of the patient’s blood
may aid the physician in recogniz
ing “Spanish influenze”; for it. has
been found that in this disease
the number of white corpuscles show
little or no increase above normal.
As already mentioned, most of
the cases are apparently infections
of the respiratory organs and re
semble a very contagious kind of
“cold.” Sometimes, however, res
piratory symptoms are erttirely ab
sent and there are merely -severe
depression, weakness, aches, and
pains throughout the body, and
some fever. In still other cases
diarrhea is a prominent symptom.
Ordinarily, the fever lasts from
three to foul* days and the patient
recovers. When death occurs it is
usually the result of the develop
ment of pneumonia or of some oth
er complication.
Treatment.
It is very important that every
person who becomes sick with in
fluenza should consult the doctor.
If there is cough, and sputum 01
running of the eyes and nose, can
should be taken that all such dis
charges are collected in bits oi
gauze or rag, or paper napkins, an<
burned. If there is diarrhead, grea
care should be taken to preven
spreading the disease through, soil
ing of the hands, clothing or be<
linen. Practically the same pre
cautions that a nurse takes whei
attending a case of typhoid fever
should then be instituted. If the
patient complains of fever and
headache he should be given water
to drink and a cold compress vo
the forehead. Only such medicine
should be given as is prescribed by
the doctor, if a doctor is available.
It is foolish to ask the druggist to
prescribe, and may be dangerous
to take the so-called “safe, sure
and harmless’’ remedies advertised
by patent medicine manufacturers.
If the patient is so situated that
he can be attended only by some
one who must look after others in
the family, it is advisable that such
attendant wear a wrapper, apron,
or gown over the ordinary house
clothes, while in the sickroom, and
slip this off and wash and disinfect
his hands when leaving to look after
the others. The patient should have
separate dishes, and these should be
sterilized with BOILING water aft
er use.
Nurses and attendants will do
well to guard against breathing in
dang'erous disease germs by wearing
a simple fold of gauze or mask
| while near the patient.
Home Treatment.
In case a doctor is not available,
the following home treatment is
recommended until such time as
expert advice can be obtained and
proper medicines prescribed:
The first thing to do in all cases
where the “flu” is suspected is to
insist on the patient going to his
bed immediately. When there, see
that he has enough bed clothing to
keep him warm and comfortable.
The bedroom should have some
fresh air coming into it all the
time. When the patient must leave
the bed for the purpose of going
to the toilet or for any other pur
pose, the window or door that has
been open to allow fresh air to
come in must be closed, so there
shall be no current of cold air com
ing on to the warm skin of the
patient.
It would be much better for the
patient to use a bed-pan from the
very beginning' of his going to bed,
so there would be no risk of getting
cold, or the body the least bit
chilled.
During the epidemic that we pass
ed through last year, there were
thousands of deaths that might have
been avoided had the patient not
gotten up too soon from the bed,
or had he not been chilled in going
to a cold toilet. This could all
have been avoided by using a bed
pan.
I In some cases where there is very
j little fever and very little weak
jness, the patient may be kept warm
{and get put of bed at the time the
'bowels or kidneys act.
i
j If the patient has any symptom
jof a cough, care must be exercised
for fear that he may be getting
- pneumonia, which is the most usual
' complication and which has caused
l the majority of deaths. If pneu
; imonia once gets well started, the
i most successful physician is helpless
- in curing it.
I In case of coughs, immediately
- apply a mustard plaster, making it
i by mixing one part mustard to foul
>arts flour for a child. This to be
nixed with cold water to form a
paste and then spread on a piece
>f old towel or napkind with an
other piece over this. Put a little
sweet oil or vaseline on the chest
irst, then lay on your plaster. This
may be left one-half hour or longer
if it does not burn the skin too
much. Take it off and in two or
three hours apply it to the chest i
again in the same way, until the
pain in the chest and the cough get ]
better.
Give epsom salts or castor oil so
that the bowels will move every day
A tablespoonful of salts In half a
glassful of warm water or a table
spoonfu of castor oil, to be given
in the morning, is best way to give
physic, and this on an empty stom
ach
A tablespoonful of common bak
ing soda given in a half glass of j
warm water three times a day for j
the first two or three days wili often
do much good in helping to destroy
the disease.
If there is much fever and the
patient is sweating, give him all the
water he wants, and nothing but
milk or broth, a cupful every two
or three hours. To any “flu” pa
tient at any time give plenty of
water. In the milder cases when
there is not much fever, sweating
or exhaustion, you may give soft
boiled or poached eggs, mush with
milk and sugar, milk toast, coffee
or tea, and some cooked fruit.
In all cases where there is cough
ing and much spitting of clear or
bloody mucous and trouble in
breathing, try placing two or three
pillows under the head and shoul
ders of the patient to raise him a
little higher, that he may get his
breath better. The deeper the
breathing the better his chances are
to get well.
Always be carelul in cnanging a
wet nightshirt or the wet bedding
caused by the sweating of the pa
tient, that he does not take cold.
Your patient may not have a cough,
but may be very sick. He will have
a peculiar bluish pallor, ibis voice
will be weak, and very likely there
will be some heart or bowel trou
ble, which are also complications of
the “flu.” These cases should be
looked after very carefully, as they
often prove fatal. When you find
the heart weak, strong coffee is a
good home-made stimulant. The
nourishment in these cases is sim
ilar to that for pneumonia cases—
liquids and all they can take of it.
Mustard plasters will not be needed
in these cases.
As a rule it is not hard to tell
when a “flu” patient has much
fever. He will soon become very
tired and exhausted.
One thins, always remember to
keep your patient quiet and in bed
when he is very sick.
Do not sponge off body with cold
water to reduce fever.
Always try to guard against con
tracting the disease yourseit or al
lowing others to be careless around
the patient, for the disease is easily
communicated.
Prevention.
In guarding against disease of all
kinds, it is important that the body j
be kept strong and able to fight off
disease germ. This can be done by
having a proper proportion of work,
play, and rest, by keeping the body
well clothed, and by eating suffi
cient, wholesome, and properly se
lected food. In connection with
diet, it is well to remember that
milk is one of the best all-round
foods obtainable for adults as well
as children. In a disease like influ
enza, health authorities everywhere
recognize the very close relation be
tween its spread and overcrowding.
While it is not always possible, es
pecially in times like the present,
I to avoid overcrowding, people should
consider the health danger and make
j every effort to reduce home over
crowding to a minimum. The value
of fresh air through open windows
cannot be overemphasized.
So far as avoidance of direct in
fection through inhalation is con
cerned, it is important to beware of
I the person who coughs or sneezes
. without covering his mouth and
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nose. It also follows that one 1
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aired; spend some time out of doors
each day; in short, make every ef-,
fort to breathe as much pure air j
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as possible. :
The indirect transmission of in
fluenza, while more difficult to
avoid, can yet be guarded against
by a little thought. Less shaking
of hands, avoiding the use of com- ,
mon drinking cups and common
towels, insistence on the observance ;
of sanitary practices in food-hand- !
ling establishments—these are all ,
measures by which every citizen can
safeguard himself against infection. ;
Their more general practice would;
jdo much to prevent the sprea'd of j
disease generally. To a large ex- i
tent the prevention of influenza can
be summed up in the single word,
“cleanliness.”
NOTICE OF QUARANTINE.
A quarantine is hereby establish
ed in favor of Brooks and Liven
good and against all outlying com
munities and all persons are for
bidden to travel to or from said
places.
J. A. SUTHERLAND,
Assistant Territorial Health Com
missioner.
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NOTICE
Passengers are required to pur
chase tjjket^before entering trains.
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is in
the employment office, on the ground
floor of the General Office Building.
Alaskan Engineering Commission, or
at Camp 415 (North Nenana).
Tickets will be on sale at :.ny
time during office hours, and can be
purchased in sufficient time before
the departure of the trains.
Regular trains for the south leave
the foot of A street on Wednesdays
and Saturdays at 8 a. m., and from
Camp 415 (North Nenana), for
Fairbanks, Tuesdays and Fiidays, at
1 p. m.
The following is the schedule be
tween North Nenana and Fairbaf&c*.
subject to change without notice:
Leave Fairbanks at 7 :V0 a. m.;
arrive North Nenana, 11:30 a. as.
Leave North Nenana 1 .-00 p. m :
arrive Fairbanks, 5:30 p. m.
No tickets wHI be soM crossing
the river. Those intending to trav
el to Fairbanks must make tfteir
own arrangements for reaching
North Nenana.
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