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It is imperative to note the accurate clinical observations recorded from the numerous epidemics of the past by men with far less data to go upon than is available at the present day. The high morbidity among the personnel of many of our hospitals and institutions where the infection occurred and the relatively low mortality deserve attention. This may be partly explained by the methods of treatment of those infected, but not entirely. The great likelihood of carriers of influenza, who either are not ill or who are suffering from very mild infection, is an observation also noted by former writers which cannot be ignored. The value of the masks has not been established, although they have been extensively used in many parts of the country. Frequent throat lavage was generally accepted as a rational preventive measure. Relightings of the disease have been noted in most of our cities after the subsidence of the epidemic. Vaccination against influenza is fully discussed in Dr. Haythorn’s paper in this series.