EPIDEMIC IN CHICAGO.
AN UNKNOWN DISEASE.
DEVELOPS INTO PNEUMONIA
(Per Press Association—Copyright.) | NEW YORK, March 12. \ The most highlv-contagious disease, yet unidentified, caused 201 deaths in nine days at Chicago. „ J'--; The Health Commissioner, Mr Dnndeson, and a corps of chemists and physicians are working intensively to determine the exact nature of the .disease which, unless taken in time, develops into influenza or pneumonia, carrying a high mortality rate. Twenty-seven persons died ot influenza and pneumonia during the past 24 hours mostly traceable to the mysterious infection. Whole-families have been stricken, and the disease is also prevalent in the other centres of popuStion. It is characterised by aching pains, a burning sensation m the eyes, prostration, high temperature, a«nd nose bl Mr ln Dundeson has issued a general wirnine urging sufferers to go to bod and summon medical aid, and virtually isolate themselves.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLV, Issue 10350, 14 March 1925, Page 5
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