INFLUENZA.
A NEW TYPE. PREVALENT IN AUSTRIA. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. VIENNA, March 4. A terrible new epidemic, called brain influenza, declared to bo similar to lethargic encephalitis, is ravaging the city. There are three hundred cases in Vienna alone. The disease is spreading alarmingly over the countryside. The symptoms begin with headaches and sleeplessness, followed by stomachic convulsions, similar to appendicitis, and followed by violent delirium.—Reuter Service. CASES AT TIMARU. Per Press Association. TIMARU, March 9. Cases of influenza continue to be reported. t .There were 18 to-day. In consequence of a number of employees being sick the Pareora Freezing Works have closed for a week.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 16688, 10 March 1920, Page 3
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106INFLUENZA. Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 16688, 10 March 1920, Page 3
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