Telegram-herald., 1891-10-16
DISCUSSION OF THE GRIP.
Several Other Matters Receive the Atten-
tion of the Congress.

tion of the Congress-
Mrs WoacOtt, treasurer OF the as
soc ocsation, stated that Mayor Uhl had
not disappointed the ladies as had
been stated in morning paper. 1t
had not been the custom OF the cities
where the congress has met TO have
the mayor make the opening speech.
Last year the congress was the guest
of the entire city OF Toronto, and on
that occasion the mayor had ad-
dressed them, but it was quite an un-
usual thing for them to have a man
ON the platform.
The secretary, Miss Isabel Rowland,
read an invitation issued by Mrs.
Lorraine Immen to the Congress, to
nttenI q reception to be given at her
home from to s Thursday evening,
in honor OF Mrs. Charlotte Emerson
Brown, and Mrs. Burrows and Mrs.
MeCourtie, Of Kalamazoo.
Mrs. Wenham sang a solo, "Arise,
He Calleth Thee"
''The Medical Symposium on La
Grippe" was opened by DR.. Saith, Of
Detroit. She said that the disease
sometimes called La Grippe" rejoices
in many names. long and short, tech
meal and non-tcchnical. Very often
the physician gives the beart-fr Oxen.
fever. scorched condition it excites, a
name to suit the patient. 1t can be
called by very high-sounding name,
~ the victim appears to want all the
misery they are paying FOR, while II it
were called by this same name to
some Others. they would think they
were about ready for an undertaken
and tombstone.
1t has been a widespread devas-
tafion. it's history extending over hun
dreds OF years; itt field has been the
v'rSlS The earliest authentic record
we have OF II IS the record of the year
1911. although AIS B. G. an epi-
6emic broke ont in the Athenian army
which medical men believe to have been
this same dread disease In 1857. 1t
broke out in Asia and travelled all over
Europe attended by great fatality,
but with the lapse o. years II seems
to have lost some of it's intensity and
power. Blood-letting and purcirg
were the methods used in treating 1t
in the old davs. Il is not n new
disease, but ia most antiquated OF oil
antique disorders. In the last part
Of the 18Th century France Germany
were terribly visited by it, and even
our own immortal George had it in
1Ton. In 1889. manv o. the countries
of Europe came under the rod ars'r,
and in 1857 the whole world contrib
uted to this leveier OF mankind.
Visions OF desolate homes and empty
chairs come tn our minds as we re-
member IL, In 4 ita'ion, and we have
only the consolation that what seems
To us death Is but another kind ol
'ife.''
nr. Mary Moody thought that when
J vsc know ~, cause of LA Grippe" we
will know how to stop it's ravages.
I'm hcr practice she had noticed that
3 Ia every case severe or otherwise there
+ had been danger of heart-failure. To
,ruard against this trouble. she would
advise recumbent posture. and for
I the victim to go 20 bed and stay there
until the heart can act normally. Many
business men have olst their lives from
I thf. disease because they couldn't and
evouldn stay at home long enough.
The best nursing Is home care. home
nursing. and -efraining from too early
/ iet TN G. tusine :.
Or. vanty said her experience with
| 'sTa Grippe had been confined 10
her own family. Her little son had
suffered with it for four weeks. but
she owed his complete recovery TO the
cold fashioned treatment" he had re-
/ cesved. he had also been treated by
hsr Chrtstian Science friends. who gave
him both present and absent treat
mems. and he had enjoyed the absent
treatments more than anything eise.
An in~itafiop from the Street Rail
way Company for She Congress 20 take
a. rigte - the lake and back at l:3O
toffsv was read
Povrrtsar to the subject, Ia Grippe.
pr Ella Y. Mark read paper over
flowing with wisdom and fan. She
sas.s her natsents had had the disease
Far two years and tast II they had II
eeafu thss year she would build a
tonss The eause fs more than An
srslanraaforv catsrrh. for n affects
ere np~ve cenfer~. and causes profound
tsnrnor.
ft "a sometimes ersrtive. r. has
f<a<, efa~~~f rs on ~ ths great bore
fev-r@ ~ tAe soush We have failed
90 SRI 0a8 y & e due 70 efeetrfc dts
snrF.s nres. bnt ~e % know that =
~ hoth enssenfr Ard naufernie n e
fs,s ~ = s'vse~ r~rn whfeh has great
=. ~ s-slvfrsr naw~r sor1e rfniga "a
49, aeea fhis essetr~sa. hat have been
anaiEe % cultivate it.