Word: influenza
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Duse, the great dancer Anna Pavlova last week died in a hotel, on tour, in a strange country.* In France, near Dijon, a railroad accident kept her waiting for hours in an unheated train. She caught cold and by the time she reached The Hague, planning to dance there, influenza had developed, also pleurisy. Death came swiftly, in three days. Operations and injections were useless. Pavlova's heart was weak. On the third day she roused from a coma and spoke to Victor Dandre, her husband and accompanist. She thought she was herself again, high on her toes, poised...
...Influenza is not worrying U. S. public health officials. But it is increasing: last week 44 States reported 3,867 cases. The week before the same States had 2,687 cases. Year ago they...
These are the reported figures. Because physicians usually report only the graver cases of influenza, health commissioners estimate that the actual number of people ill with influenza is five times the reported number...
...Because influenza this year is of a mild type which has not often caused pneumonia,* the health men are not greatly concerned. Nonetheless, Surgeon General Hugh Smith Gumming of the U. S. Public Health Service saw fit to advise the public last week on how to guard themselves. His gist: "Go home and go to bed. . . . Call the doctor . . . remain in bed; eat a simple diet; take plenty of fluids such as water, fruit juices, milk, bouillon and hot soups at frequent intervals. . . . Do not take any so-called cure. There is no specific cure...
...first week of January, 88 populous cities reported 780 deaths from influenza and pneumonia. The same cities reported 810 deaths the corresponding week...