The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-02-20

and digestion. 1t furnishes the
human body temporary assistance 10
tide it over a dangerous quagmlre
into which some may fall.
TREATMENT.
I have long since passed through
what NAV be caliei tie experimental
stage of the doctors history. In the
beginning OF my medical career l. NE
many other physicians, used mAay
drugs, but experience gradually
tau ht me which the reliable lew
were. Since the epidemic Of the La
Grippe of 1860 1 have used invariably
in the treatment of LII Grippe Pe'
ru-na. This remedy so exactly meets
all of the symptoms of La Grippe that
it is folly to lose any time in expert
menting with other remedies.
At the appearance of the first symp-
toms treatment should be begun at
once, and keep strictly to the house
for few days. No treatment, now
ever effectual it may be, will always
prevent quite long siege with TINS
disease, but no other medicinal treat
ment is necessary than Pe-ru-na. Inc
directions, as they are given ON the
bottle, are more applicable to chrome
diseases, and it is advisable, during
the acute stage of the disease, to take
smaller doses, but oftener. L would
direct teaspoonful of Pc ru-na every
hour for adults, and a correspondlngiy
less dose for children. During the
night, if the patients are quietly
sleeping, it is not my custom to wake
them to take medicine, but II
restless Pe-ru-na should be given
regularly the whole twenty
four hours. The recovery is gener-
ally slow, even in slight cases. For
many days the patient will complain
of weakness, slight headache, want OF
appetite, etc. Pe-ru-na should he
taken until the recovery is complete,
but after the fever has subsidized anu
the acute stage is past, it is better To
take it according 10 the directions On
the bottle. Beef tea, mutton broth,
and milk should be freely given, ac-
cording to the preference OF the pa
tent. People who have had La
Grippe, the acute stage having passed
and their recovery having come to a
stand-still, as is frequently the case,
will find in Pe-ru-na exactly the rem
edy that is suited to their case. 1t
invigorates the whole system, restores
the appetite, and produces natural
sleep.
Even after pneum onia or consump-
ton has begun to developit not too
late to expect perfect cure from Pc
ru-na without any other treatment
whatever. Many physicians are using
it extensively in their practice; at the
same time vast number OF people
are buying it at the drug stores and
treating themselves, and the result is,
if there is another remedy
the equal of Pe-ru,na for La Grippe, it
is unknown to me.
Whenever the bowels are constipated
some good laxative should be used to
regulate them, for it is highly import
ant that the secretions should be kept
active during the attack to rid the
system of the accumulated poisons.
have found Man-a-lin to be the best
laxative for the purpose | have ever
used, although it may be that there
are others that would do as well. The
reason l prefer Man-a-lin is that it
produces natural passage and does
not grippe or purge as so many laxa-
tives do, for it is very unfortunate to
do anything to weaken the victim Of
this Frustrating disease. With Pc
ru-na and Man-a-lin at hand l feel
perfectly able to cope with this dis
ease in all its stages and degrees Of
severity, and now that these remedies
are in reach of all, with directions as
to theil use, l do not see why each
family can not protect itself against
La Grippe and all its consequences.