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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1918
Page
14
The piece describes influenza as a disease from a micro organism in nasal and throat secretions, spread by coughing and sneezing into droplets. It notes incubation of one to four days and lists symptoms including fever body aches sore throat and lung complications.
Guidelines advise walking to work when possible and avoiding the coughing or sneezing. Emphasizes hand washing, sunlight, personal towels, and covering the nose with a handkerchief when coughing. Recommends avoiding crowds, outdoor activity, rest, clean food, and staying away from homes with influenza. Seek a physician if sick and stay in bed until cleared by a doctor.
Household guidance urges isolation of sick inmates and boiling any items from the sick room. No visitors. Call a doctor for starting symptoms such as inflamed eyes, runny nose, backache, headache, joint pain, and fever. Avoid crowds and keep children warm and dry with proper heating and ventilation.
Suggestions warn caregivers to keep clean isolate patients and wear a nose and mouth mask during attendance. It advises changing masks every two hours and reusing boiled gauze after rinsing. Emphasizes hand washing after every patient contact and hand disinfection with diluted bi chloride of mercury or Cresol. Recommends seven hours sleep, daily fresh air, open windows, coughing into disinfectable cloths, and boiling dishes.
Guidance for fever and chills includes bed rest and doctor contact. Prescribe keeping warm rooms open for ventilation, nasal and throat cleansing, laxatives, nourishing foods every four hours, and staying in bed until a physician clears movement. Protective masks and hygiene practices advised to prevent spread.
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