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two hours. This child recovered in a few da^.s, hut an 

 older child there developed similar symptoms of coryza, 

 cough, pains, tenderness of being handled, anorexia, suf- 

 fused eyes, and besides abdominal pains. 



The interesting fact about these two children would 

 hardly be made clear but for the point that the mother 

 had been suffering with headache, coryza, pains in the 

 limbs and back, for about a week. It was self-evident 

 from the influenza present that the mother had infected 

 the child, and about two days later the older child was 

 infected from either mother or its youngest sister. 



Such cases can be enumerated by the dozens. On 

 March 4 I saw a case, in consultation with Dr. Samuel 

 Friedman, which was characteristic of a most malignant 

 type of influenza, complicated by a pneumonia and also 

 by a typical meningitis ; child about two years old. 



Two days later, through the courtesy of Dr. L. Kohn, 

 I saw in consultation a case of a mild type of a catarrh 

 which extended from the nose and throat into the bron- 

 chi, simulating a croupous bronchitis, really a malignant 

 form of influenza, Such cases occur so frequently that we 

 must diff"erentiate carefully, and sometimes resort to the 

 process of exclusion in making the diagnosis. 



The treatment of influenza is very simple, in fact really 

 symptomatic. I invariably resort in all cases of influenza 

 to the stimulating effect of a mustard foot-bath, by tak- 

 ing about an ounce of the strongest mustard, immersing 

 it in water of about 90° F., bathing the feet and constant- 

 ly raising the temperature of the water by the addition 

 of hotter water until the temperature reaches 110° F.; 

 in all I bathe about five minutes. The bath should be 

 followed by gentle friction of the extremities, and they 

 must be carefully enveloped in hot towels or blankets. 

 In addition to this, it is a good plan to aid diaphoresis 

 by giving liquor ammonii acetatis, the ordinary spiritus 

 mindereri, a teaspoonful every two or three hours for 



