Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-29
NUMEROUS CURES ARE OFFERED,
And the Poor Victim of the Influenza May
Take His Choice or Groan and
Bear His Pain.
DEATHS REPORTED ALMOST HOURLY.
Prominent Pittsburg Physician the Originator Of the
Kicrobe Theory.

three-fourths of the people are affected
with the disease in some shape or another.
and declare life to be a burden thought OF
| so lightly as to be thrown aside as one
would cast of a well-worn garment The
warm sunshine promised for yesterday
caused the spirits of the sufferers to rise, but
when morning came, bringing with IL the
soft snow and slush, all hopes for cessa-
tion of the triumphs of the Russian intruder
were rapidly succeeded by the old feeling OF
despair.
1t is generally allowed by the victims, if
not the doctors, that no power on earth Will
stop the progress of the disease, and that
about the only thing possible is to let run its
course, taking stimuIants to keep one phys
ically able to stand the awful strain. But
so many new remedies that "w1ll positively
cure the grip" are to be found that there is
at least ray of hope that the experiments
may prove of some benefit to the thousands
who are lowering between life and death
and almost wish for the latter. All over the
United States and Canada the friends of hu-
manity are watching the progress of the
epidemic in Pittsburg, aud numerous letters
regarding it are received daily.
Electricity Aneviates Suffering.
DR.. Gentry, of this city, who is firm be-
lever in the curative qualities of electricity,
for the past few days has been investigating
its action on the grip. One of his patients
said yesterday afternoon that it is positively
the only thing that has in the least affected
his case, and after good strong dose Of 1t
he felt prepared to get out of bed and defy
the weather-but on the doctors advice he
stayed in the house.
The manner of treatment is to connect the
battery to each side of the head at the base
of the brain, and then turn on as much as
the patient can stand. The cure, for the in
stant, is if ANYTHING worse than the disease,
but after the treatment is discontinued, the
patient feels greatly strengthened. The idea
is that as the grip works on the nervous sys-
tenn. it is best to build it up again.
Some doctors are alleged to have spoken
OF an electric battery as "quack machine"
as it only temporarily stimulates the pa
tient and deceives him with the idea that he
has been greatly benefited or permanently
cured. 1t is declared that there can be no
permanent benefits deri we'd from its use and
good. DR.. Gentry is experimenting on his
idea very quietly and few know what sue
cess he has attained.
Everybody BIAS a Cure.
THE DISPATCH has received numerous
letters from people in all parts of the United |
States and even from Canada, giving cures
that are warranted to cure the grip and all |
kindred diseases In that order, and the Pc
culiar part is that some of the prescriptions |
and directions are precisely opposite.
Among the letters received was one from |
DR.. 7. b. Eddowes, of Chattanooga, who |
gives a prescription which he says has |
cured every case he has had in America, as
we'll as all cases in which it was used by |
himself and his fathe. in England. He |
says he has used the cure in hundreds OF |
cases.
DR.. Eddowes prescription reads as fol- !
lows: Two drachms musiate ammonia, 1k /
drachms tineture aconfte root, 1 draehm /
tincture foxglove, 2 drachms sweet spirits
nitre.E3 ounce aromatic syrup rhubarb, |
water enough to make four ounces. This is
TO be taken two teaspoonfuls every four
hours. Also, take Dover powder, grains,
and mercury with chalk, grains, mako
into one powder and take one of these each |
nighs and morning. StimuIants must be
given at all times in the shape of beef tea,
brandy, eggs, milk and bread a day or two
old.
This DR.. Eddowes re recommends as a per-
feet cure, and submits it tor the benefit of
the suffering humanity in general and the
poorer classes in particular.
Must Live on Wind and Water.
Radically different is the treatment Of
fered by L. Unser, Halter street. Toronto, |
Canada, who says instead of stlmulauts one
should ""adopt purely vegetable diet and
avoid chicken broth, beef tea, milk, cream,
and in fact all stimulants." Tue only par
ticular in which this treatment agrees with
that of DR.. Eddowes' is that all the
pure air possible should , be in
haled bv the patient This brings up
the question as to where pure air can
be found in Pittsburg SINCE the atmosphere
is impregnated with the germs of the dis
ease. Mr.. Unser advises the eating of one
meal day, and that at IL o'clock A. M.
he advises the starving out of the disease
IS the quickest way to get rid of it. He is a
irm disciple of the vegetable diet and no.
medicine idea, and enters into long dis
,ussion as to the effect that medicine has on
,he human system. He declares that if less
medicine were used people would live
onger.
In conelusiort he says: 'sBy all means
at moderately and food consisting mostly
If wholesome unbolted meal, made into
,read or gruel, and do not eat after o'cfock
:. M. Battle the body well, retire early. as
-ou cannot make up for 1t the next day, as
he blood and the constitution works W tth
he day.
Must Never Sleep Late.
"Rise early and take as much outdoor ex-
rcise as possible before the principal hearty
neal. Then, if possible, wait until the next
lay before eating again. People who live |
N hefAting diet are always hungry, but BY
living as 1 have stated they will very
Iuickl Y lose their craving and become very
heerful"
The above statements are given for what
hey are worth and if victims of the grip
Eou Id like to try Mr.. Unser's scheme of liy-
ng on wind and water he is welcome tosthe
df.a.
Notwithstanding the dozens of remedies
uggested, the victims of the grip continue
o sneeze and groan under the burden of
The disease. New features develop almost
every day. Perhaps the most alarming is
The blindness that attacks some OF the suf.
Ierers Many of these cases are holding on
and it is feared that permanent blindness
may follow the attacks on some of the suf-
ferers This feature of the case is described
Is one of the most painful, as the head feels
like it was being crushed under heavy
weight and the eyes feel as If about to fall ,
rom their sockets. So far no one has recov-
cred from the grip with sightless eyes, but
Iears are entertained that results may be as
bad.
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