Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-26
GRIP STILL RAGING.
One Victim Puts an End to His Misery
by Blowing Out His Brains.
A SPECIFIC FOR THE DISEASE
Formulated by an Old Physician and Given
to the Public.
SUNSHINE EXPECTED TO BRING RELIEF

Though not fatal, like the plague that
once visited Egypt and slew the first born in
every household, the present visit Of the in
fuenza is almost as general within radius
OF several miles of this city, and one great
burden added is that if one had ccrns or
toothache furiously the grip has aggra-
waited it until the victim is on the verge of
fello-de-se. One poor, broken-nerved Rus
sian coal miner, John Ruffner, residing at
Possum Hollow, put an end to his misery
yesterday morning. He shot himself
through the head with revolver.
While there are various remedies pre-.
scribed for the malady from the old ladies'
"yarbs" to the most subtle prescriptions
known to pharmacy, there ere few people
who do not advise prehminarilv physic,
liver moving physic, as it is pretty gener-
ally agreed that such treatment sometimes
relieves even corns and toothache. There
were about as many calls at the drugstores
yesterday as previously, but druggists and
physicians generally agreed that the sun
was doing curative work that will soon be
benefciaIlv felt. Considerable time was
spent in Johnston's, Torrence's, Flemings'
and McKennan's drugstores watching
comers and goers. Their errand was gener-
ally the same, but McKennan's place seemed
to have the call on quinine selling, and Mr..
Martsoft said they had sold over 1000 two
grain pills since Saturday.
A Specific for the Disease
A physician, who says he wants his name
suppressed, sends the following:
send you prescription for the treatment
OF the grip, which is as specified in its cure OF
that disease as sulphur is for the itch o. qu-
nine for chilla and fever. 1t arrests the
aching in the bones. headache, backache ETC.,
as we'll as prevents the disease from causing
pneumonia. know by experience whereof
speak and deem it important that it should be
made public for the use of physicians and the
public. send it TO your paper for publication.
l have affixed "Progrip' to the prescription
because do not wish to appear before the pub
lie as pretending to know any more about the
disease and its treatment than any other ply
sicians in the profession engaged in the prac-
tice.
PHYSICIANS will see the adaptability OF this
treatment to the cure of the disease, as others
have done to whom have given in Here is
the prescription:
Chloroform 500. .................... ! drachm
L
Powdered white sugar............. l drachm
Deodorized tincture of opium. ! drachm
Iincture gelsemium. m.................. 1 drachm
Tinctura asclipius tubowsi. ......... drachni
Bromide potash........... oracnm
Peppermint water in sufficient quantity to
make two ounces
Do<e-One teaspooniul IN a wine glass of hot
water every hour until the virulence of the
until well. Drink occasionally kalf cup of
hot water and take two-grain Quinine pill
every three or four hours. PRoGRIP.
Now whila various pharmacists were con-
suited as to their views OF the efficacy of this
prescription, not one indorsed it in its entirety
but all found some things in it they did
sanction. One objected to opium and another
TO something else. But all agreed that sugar
wasn't bad in almost any kind of preparation.
School Attendance Affected.
There has been a vast amount of doubling
up caused by the disease. The schools have
been greatly affected and teachers must help
each other and the same has been the case in
about all banks and mercantile houses. Four
sevenths of the Allegheny force of front office
men are knocked out Nearly so per cent of
the girls in the Allegheny Central Telephone
Office have it and of course their temper has
not been improved. Such Central stockyard
hustlers as E. Mccall, E. Normecutt their
bookkeeper also and Ed Imhof are sneezing
and on their backs. In fact the East End
seems 10 be one of the centers of low barometer
and the police out there are demoralized and
Captain Mercer and his whole family are in
valids. Charles Loughry, chief clerk of the
Central Traffic Association; William Black. an
old-time mail carrier, and Charles Stewart are
floored.
The destroyer is working havoc in the Homes
for Aged Women and Aged Men in Wilkins
burg. There are more than 50 cases and a
number of deaths.
w. J. McTighe, prominent business man,
son of A. ]. McTighe. the old-time banker who
did business at the corner of Fifth avenue and
Sorir oil Law iad ho Marc srif
day morning after weeks illness. MIR. Nc
Tighe was about 40 years old. He kas Secre-
tary and Treasurer of the Mcclure Coke Com
pany.
Found Dead on the Floor.
Mrs. Thomas Nuttridge. wife of the proprietor
of the Nuttridge House. Diamond street, who
had been sick with the disease about three
weeks, attempted to leave her bed about noon
yesterday in the absence of the nurse, who had
gone to dinner. She fell and at 1890 was found
by the nurse lying ipsensible ON the floor She
was put into bed, but died before 4 physician
arrived.
Bridget Claytry, an employe of the Hotel
Schlosser was shown to have had influenza,
though At first she was supposed to have been
poisoned. Her home was at No Carson
street.
1t looks as though, if there is not an immedi-
ate abatement ofthe scourge, that deaths will
run up to 600 this month, so per cent in round
numbers more than in either January or Feb
ruary-
Up until o'clock yesterday afternoon the
number of deaths reported to the Bureau of
Health increased to 47l This makes a total of
81 deaths for the "a hours previous to P. NJ.
yesterday, which is the larges: number that
has been reported to the Bureau of health for
number of years.
Cerebro-spInal meningitis has broken out
again. Yesterday two more new cases were re-
ported, and also another which resulted in
death. Oliver Cupps. aged II years 4 months
and % days, died nf the disease at his parents
two cases are that of Percy McGrew aged I3
who resides at 42l7 Fifth avenue, and Albert
McClain, who lives at No. 45l Bedford avenue
There were no more deaths resulting from
Ia rrinne renorted