INFLUENZA OR EPIDEMIC CATARRH.

Of the Epidemic Catarrh of the Year 1788

N fome of the earliefh inftances I had occafion to fee of this epidemic in London, the patients dated their complaints from the latter end of June ; but the difeafe could hardly be faid to occur with much frequency before the fecond week of July; from which period, till about the fourth week cf that month, feemecL to be the fpace of time in which it was moft prevalent. In the beginning of Auguf...

Of the Epidemic Catarrh of the Year 1788

Epidemic Influenza

I am not aware of any reason why I should have been asked to open a discussion to-night on the subject of Influenza, except this one: that as Physician to Clifton College I have had an opportunity, during the months of January, February, and March, of witnessing an outbreak of this disease among the members of the School?an outbreak which has affected more or less all classes of persons in the ...

Encephalitis or encephalopathy during an influenza-A epidemic.

Six female patients with encephalitis, mean age 36.5 (17-60) years, were admitted to the hospital during the 2000-2001 influenza A (H1N1) epidemic in the Osijek--Baranja County. In three (50.0%) patients, the manifestation of encephalitis occurred on day 4 or 5, and in two (33.3%) patients within 24-48 hours of the onset of influenza symptoms. The disease manifestations included headache, eleva...

Sisley on Epidemic Influenza

existence of atmospheric contamination and aerial currents and waves. The main object of Dr. Sisley's book is to " demonstrate the contagious nature of influenza, and urge the propriety of its being included among the diseases of which notification is compulsory." In support of his opinion that influenza is contagious, and that it is chiefly, if not entirely, spread by contagion he advances evi...