THE INFLUENZA.
Ia grippe," as Russian influenza is sailed, has become a veritable scourge in America as well as Europe. Four thousand deaths had occurred in Paris for the week ending December 28th, a large proportion due to this disease. There were 200 deaths from the same cause during the same period in Dantzic. The cases are increasing throughout north-eastern France. An autopsy on the subject at Versailles showed the state of the lungs to be exactly similar to that in cows which had died from rinderpest. The Bpidemic .is reported on the increase In Russia. In America the disease is spreading in every direction, being particularly severe in Canada. In this country pneumonia seems to follow in many cases an attack of "La grippe." Deaths occurred from it In Boston, Chicago, New York, Philad__hia,Troy and other places. The form of disease is described as follows. In some instances there are fever and headache with severe gastric pains, which quinine and antiphyrine fail to cure. In such cases the disease developes into typhoid fever with generally fatal results.
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Press, Volume XLVII, Issue 74518, 6 February 1890, Page 6
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