"The Flu": a brief history of influenza in U.S. America, Europe, HawaiiMouritz, A. A. St. M. (Arthur Albert St. M.)
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"The Flu": a brief history of influenza in U.S. America, Europe, Hawaii
Mouritz, A. A. St. M. (Arthur Albert St. M.)
Influenza
Should small doses upset the stomach, in very susceptible persons, then
it may be given by hypodermic injection, using the more soluble salts of
QUININE, the Lactate a white powder soluble in 1 to 5 of water, or the
Acid Hydrochloride of the B P[2]; in the U S P[3] it is the Di-chloride,
which is soluble in less than its own weight of water; if small doses of
Quinine cause headache and ringing in the ears in a well person than the
remedy is unsuitable and should not be taken, for it will not prevent an
attack of the Flu in that person.
Footnote 2:
British Pharmacopeia.
Footnote 3:
U. S. A. Pharmacopeia.
Professor Dittmar Finkler, M.D., of the university of Bonn, Rhenish
Prussia, in his work on Influenza, cites the experiments carried out by
Dr. Graser, Medical Army Corps, on duty at the cavalry barracks at Bonn,
where five squadrons of German cavalry were quartered during an Epidemic
of Flu; one of the squadrons, complement of men, was given daily rations
of Quinine for several weeks during the prevalence of the epidemic, the
other four squadrons received no Quinine; the results are here set
forth:
Squadron Complement “Flu” Cases Quinine
First 135 22 None
Second 135 4 0.5 gm. daily
Third 135 19 None
Fourth 135 42 None
Fifth 135 32 None
It is reasonable to assume, that the food or pabulum of the bacillus of
Influenza is poisoned by Quinine entering the blood, hence the microbe
will avoid by instinct any person whose blood contains quinine in
solution; if the bacillus has gained access to the system it is speedily
destroyed, and becomes cadaveric as soon as it enters the zone of the
quinine barrage.
Are there Hours of the day when the System is more susceptible to
Invasion by the Bacillus Influenzae?
To determine this question requires careful study, time, a great deal of
patient and tedious work and perseverance; yet it is possible to gain
some information on this phase of the “Flu.”
At intervals, during the past twenty-one years, from more than 1000
cases of Influenza in adults, the Author has managed to collect 132
cases; wherein, it was possible to check and verify with some degree of
accuracy, the time of contact with a known source of Flu; no subsequent
contact being had with any other known source of that disease.
Material evidence was collected from isolated plantation camps, sparsely
inhabited villages, and the suburbs of Honolulu at such times as there
was no epidemic of Flu. A record of cases collected mostly in the autumn
and winter months, from October to March, is hereunder set forth:
Hours of Contact Cases Incubation Pneumonia
5 a.m. to 8 a.m. 30 2 to 3 days. None.
8 a.m. to 6 p.m. 22 2 to 3 days. None.
6 p.m. to 10 p.m. 80 1 to 5 days. 9
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