The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-01-11
"La Grippe" has Reached ottawa.

Iney say us lnat cursed lnnuen-
Ia that's melting the noses of men,
O Moses-its coming again,
All chew.
DiabOlcal boss of Diseases
InceSsant succession of sneezes
All chew.
1t is said to be Russian-Ah chew.
And the French have been having
La Grippe is description most true,
All chew.
Rockford Gazette,
"The Grand Duke Alexis, of Russia"
says facetious exchange, gave Il
sneeze short time ago. Since then
the sneeze has gone around the world.
Royalty may be losing its grip in some
respects, but La Grippe, which is of
royal origin, seems to be very popular.
La Grippe, or as it is called generally,
the grip, broke out in this country
about the same time as the McGlnty
assninity and has spread with fully as
mucA rapidity. People who haven't
been taken hold of by the grip are
singing McGinty, and those who have
the grip are SneeZing and wishing
that the imported epidemic was with
McGinty at the bottom of the sea.
Ottawa having had its full of McGinty
now begins TO sneeze with the grip"
There seems to be no doubt that the
pesky micrObe has reached the town.
Nearly every physician has cases in
charge, some of them quite serious,
and directory of the patients would
include probably fifty or more names
scattered over the city, no part OF t
being conspicuous by the absence OF
the disease.
Although in Paris La Grippe appears
to be a dangerous disease, and al
though in America several deaths
throughout the country have been at
tributed to it. it is not necessarily, or
even frequently, fatal.
1t is like the familiar ''intuenza'
with which many persons are afflicted
during the winter and spring, only it
is ''mOre So" The genuine article OF
the present time differs from ordinary
bronchitis. inaSmuch as it is usually
preceded by several days OF fever, ac-
cOmpanied by chills, headache and
pains in the lOins and eXtremities.
Not infrequently there is feeling of
nausea, and sometimes even vomiting
is Occasioned, while there is IA general
depression of the whole nervous sys-
TEN. In severe cases this weakness
is distressing. There are also severe
pains in the limbs, across the lower
part of the back, over the chest ana
heart, in the head, around the eye
balls and under the bridge of the nose.
The digestive organs are affected, loss
of appetite enSues, accompanied with
great thirst, a coated tongue, some
times collie pains, with nausea,
diarrhpa and vomiting. SneeZlng ana
severe catarrhal symptoms generally
develop, but often not until the
second or third day, and there is fire.
quently a feeling Of SutfocatiOn, with
marked difficulty of breathing. t~re-
mains with the patient generally
from week to ten days. during which
time physicians of both the old and
new world advise their patients to re-
main at home and taking good care of
themselves. Persons who take extra
care during the beginning of the dis
eases run, may get over it in three
or four days. If the patient is in fair
circumstances it does not seem to lead
to any further trouble, but undOubted-
ly among the labOring classes, said a
New York physician, Il believe it
may prediSpOSe to pneumonia, and in
some instances even resultin catarrhal
phthiSiS. which is one of the three
forms of consumption of the lungs"
The victims should, when attacked,
take the advice Of their family ply
stefan and follow it, being specially
careful to avoid relapse. There are
no precautions that can be taken to
prevent catching it, for it is ''in the
air. and cannot be avoided If the
victims nose runs a-fOul OF the
micrObe.
Probably no two physicians treat it
alike-pOsSibIy because no two cOnStl-
buttons are alike or no two persons are
affected alike. Persons in good health
need have no fear Of it. Those af-
flictcd with other diseases should see
their physicians at once. Rushing of
to a drug store hap-hazard is not only
indiscrcte but dangerous.
Pure vaScline to battle the nOStrlS
and to he drawn up like shutI, and
small pills composed of quinine,
camphOr and bclladOnna, taken in
tcrnally four or five times day. is
said to be good for certain persons.
Another formula for capsuls includes
quinine, antipyrine, belladonna, and
Opii lpulv). Still other doctors pre-
scribe no quinine whatever, claiming
it has no effect in reducing the fever
or shortening the disease. a Wash
ington physician says: Il would give
beladonna 10 control the mucous dis
charge, aCOnite for the fever, and
quinine and SalOl rather than antipy-
rine, which | see spoken of frequently
in connection with the treatment of
the disease while another dis
tinguiShcd homeopathic says: The
treatment should vary with the
marked character Of the symptoms. !
give arsenicum where the leading in
diCatiOnS are great prOStratiOn. thirst,
anxious restlesSneSS. burning of nos
trils. and running of thin, watery dis
charge from nose and eyes. MerCurius
is Indicated where the prominent
symptoms are sore throat, fever, with
sweating, SneeZing and somewhat
thicker discharge from nose. | give
bryOnia where vertigo is prominent
and patient is unable to raise head eX-
cept with great effort, and experiences
aching of limbs, etc. Gel>emium j.