The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-26
They Give their Opinions Upon
the Influenza Epidemic.
THE METHOD OF TREATMENT.
Seems to be Quinine and Antipyrine-All
the Pharmacies are Crowded from
Morn till Night.


them have been laid up with la grippe a
the same time. Many people wait six OF
Eight hours before they receive attention
A pharmacist in France does not make any
suggestions to his patients. 1t is not al
lowed In this country he cannot pre-
scribe; the only thing he does when asked
what to take for very bad cold is to sug-
gest uuinine, antipyrine and elderodyne
An exceedingly good mixture is composed
of ammoniated quinine with a small guam
tity of aconite. Chlorodyne is largely
prescribed because it stops a cough.
1t is good to take at night.
Ten drops in wine glass half full of
water will sooth patient and enable him
to pass a reasonably good night
'tDo you find that prescriptions are
generally the same for the epidemic:"
ayes. l think the men do not suffer as
much as the women, because a WOman's
nervous system is more readily disturbed
sIhat of man. The most distressing part
of getting well is the cough, which remains
with a person after influenza has disap
peared. The disease is practically broken
in few days, but the cough may remain a
week or ten days longer"
eve never take our hands off the
quinine bottle nowadays" said M. Beral,
a chemist, to me.
us quinine a popular remedy for in
fuenza!"
Eyes. Quninine and antipyrine are
simple remedies. Quinine allays feverish-
ness, but we find a great sale, too, for
aconite pastlles and aconite syrup. AT
present we do not do much of anything ex
A-ee1pt for la grippe. Not for many years
Nave we had so much work to do. We sell
quite US much to people who think they are
going to have it as to those who have
already taken it,
''Do you I'LL many prescriptions for con-
valescentsln
Eyes, some 1t is well to take salicylate
of sodium. 1t is something like antipyrine,
though believe its effects are more per-
manent. Many cough prescriptions are
made Of morphine and codeine, but quinine
is the popular remedy for people who doc
tor themselves, and it is taken two or
three times a day. Another good thing
for the pain in the heart arising from cold
is preparation of carbolic acid and am
monia for inhaling.''
M Swami, of the Rue Castiglione, and a
chemist during conversation on influenza
said: 1T seems to me that as every other
disease has yielded to the epidemic, so all
our prescriptions have been for it and most
of our customers have had it in a mild
form. Some of them have taken simply
doses of quinine, but notably hypophos-
phite of quinine. In all such cases the
patients have either escaped it alto
gether or have had it in a very light
form, not lasting more than twelve hours.
1t is taken as a preventive in doses of two
pills day, of one grain each, because they
are equal to two grains of plain quinine
1t appears also that quinine is taken
during the convalescent period and when
administered with food it will never dis
agree with the stomach. From the pre-
scrptions we have made the treatment
for the epidemic appears to be purgation
and so quinine and antipyrine are gener-
ally used.n
DR.. Rogg, a Champs Elysee chemist, was
next visited. In answer to the same ques-
tion his reply was: "Quinine and antipy-
TirHS- We have done nothing but to attend
tQ8nAuenza prescriptions Our employees
lheve worked from o'clock is the morning
Until II o'clock at night. l have three men
constantly employed making cachets. l
think that the mild weather is better than
cold and snowy blasts to decrease the cpl
demic, for there are fewer chances in mild
weather of having catarrhal accidents.
Prescriptions are about the same for every
body. If l were i'll, would take antipy-
rine. AS for preventative doses, they are
all humbug. An epidemic of this sort will
have its run, no matter whether one tries
to prevent having it or not. So far, qui-
hide and antipyrine is the general prescrip-
ton for our crowds of customers"
l had considerable difficulty in getting an
interview with NJ. Equignon, director of
the Pharmacie Normale, Rue Drouot. The
fSlsh of customers is so great just now that
M Equignon has for the last fortnight been
obliged to help his assistants.
s.What are the medicines most frequently
prescribed for the epidemic!''
"Sulphate of quinine and antipyrine.
Doses vary according to age and constitu
ton of the patient. Some of the doctors
also prescribe calming draughts for infu
enza. These are usually syrup of codeine
and syrup of opium, besides which such
tonics as quinine and wine of coca are fire.
quently given. We have also a number of
prescriptions to make up, calling for emet- !
les and purgatiyes. This shows that the |
doctors who prescribe them are anxious to |
clear out the digestive organs and give |
their patients free stomach. Such is the |
general character Of the various prescrip |
tons for influenza that have passed through |
our hands" The Pharmacie Centrale |
homeopathic in the Rue du' Helder, has for |
its Customers many of the shining lights |
and Instead of the rush and hustle of the |
establishment in the Rue Drouot, / found |
there the calm and tranquil atmosphere
of salon in the Faubourg Saint Germin. |
In reply to my first question the direc- |
teur, NJ Leon Kim, said: 1.-THE homeo-
pathic treatment for the epidemic is in
yariably the same. This treatments as fol
lows: At the commencement of the malady
either aconite or baptisa tincture; then, If
cerebral symptoms manifest themselves,
belladonna is given, while pulsatilla is pre-
scribed if erratic pains are stationary. Rhus
toxicum is given during convalescence.
Not only is this treatment invariably fol
lowed. but it also invariably leads to prompt
recovery, the duration of the disease never
exceeding forty eight hours. I may also
add that if when first the chill appears
aconite is promptly taken the malady is
Iipped in the bud in first place"
The chemists in the QUARTER des Halles |
are undergoing a veritable siege 1t was
only with the greatest difficulty that l |
cenld induce any Of them to lay aside their |
a5estles and mortars long enough to give |
me the benefit of their ideas on the subject |
of the epidemic. Some of them expressed |
the belief that fully 60 per cent. of the |
nonulation of this quarter had been at
lacked by influenza. 1t is golden age for |
chemists. confessed one of them. 'tDur-
ing the last fortnight our receipts have |
ouadrupled. l have been told on good au-
shortly that the Pharmacie Normale took
in the other day as much as five thousand |
francA1'
The Quarter of Paris where the epidemic |
is apparently raging with the greatest Sc
verify is the aristocratic Faubourg st. |
German. At Pharmacie Boinet was as
sured that nearly everybody in all the
stately mansions Of the faubourg has been |
attacked by the epidemic. "For example, |
said a chemist at the hotel of the commit
fse de P, in which there are no less than