The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-01-21
ALARMING MORTAL STATISTICS,
A DESTROYING EPIDEMIC ABROAD IN
OUR LAND.
La Grippe and its Consequences More
Destructive than War and
Famine Combined.
Synopsis of a Lecture at the Surgical Ko-
tel by DR.. S B, Hartman.

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IL was stated by the great recorder
IF jewish history, speaking Of the
land OF Egypt aiteI the seventh
plague had been sent upon them
And there was great cry in Egypt
tor there was not house where there
was not some one dead"
Not quite 50 tragic an utterance is
true OF our own country at the pres.
ent time, but certainly it is true that
"A great plague is abroad ia the land:
that the first born aud last born has
been slain i'm countless hOu sehOlds
chat parents and infants, without re-
gard to station or circumstances. have
fallen Il prey to the fell destroyer, la
grippe. Never was there a plague SO
insidious, SO omnipresent, to defy the
skill of tho physician and the strength
Of the patient as this pestilence. 1t
does not seem to spread like an or
binary epidemic; ii seems to spring
from The ground spontaneously every
where at once. Ii finds its
victims at mid day or, like
the destroying angel in Egypt, it un-
sbcathes its sword to strike the I'M
wary NblttD III Lllb ltI Is WdiCitE vi liit
night. 1t enters the novels Of wretch.
edncs5 and poverty, and easily crosses
the threshold OF wealth and luxury.
Doctors seem to be holly unable to
prevent it's onset, to stay its raYisEes,
or mitigate its consequences. lsthere
no balm in Gilead? No suCcOr for the
oppressed?
Without hesitation or fear Of sue.
Il 4 F..lt 4
there is q preventative for those who
have remained, as yet, untouched
with this disease, cure for those who
are already its victims, and COM
plete and permanent restorative for
those who have lately escaped its !
clutches with weakened and derang |
ed bodies from which recovery seems ,
impossible. To those who have |
thus far escaped this dreadful |
ailment, but are trembling with con-
slant fear Of it, desire to say that a
spoonful OF Pe-ru-na, taken before
each meal, is absolutely reliable as a
preventive against La Grippe; and no
one need have any fear Of an attack
of this disease 80 long ~ this treat
ment is continued. 1t il absolute
recklessness, for which there is little
or no excuse, for any one, during the
unsettled weather ut least, to omit to
take this precaution. To those who
are already attacked by this disease
would advise: At the appearance of
the first symptoms treatment should
be begun at once, and keep strictly to
the house for few days, No treat
ment, however efiectual it may be, will
always prevent quite u long siege
with this disease, but no other medic
NAL treatment is necessary than Pc
ru-na. The directions, as they are
given on the bottle, are more apple
able to chronic diseases, and il is adj
yisab!e, during the acute stages of the
disease, to take smaller doses, but
oftener. would direct II tablespoon
full Of Pe-ru-na every two hours for
adults, and correspondingly less
dose for children, until the acute stage
is ended.
There are great multitude of peo-
pie in all parts OF the land who have
entirely lost their health as q result of
Ia grippe; who have recovered from
an attack, but find themselves with |
weakened nerves, deranged diges-
ton, and with but very little of their
former powers. There is no disease |
known to man that leaves the system |
IN such an outrageous and eXaspera- |
tive condition, rs In grippe. The |
student finds it is impossible to return |
to his books, the professional man to
his routine eff Office work, and the |
working man to his labors, with any
thing like their old yigor. 1t is even
worse with the housewife and the
devotee of fashion, whose facilitating |
employments make recuperation |
slower. For this class of sufferers |
Pe-ru.na is n specific; and | do not |
hesitate to guarantee that if anyone |
will take Pe-ru-na according to |
the following directions that in q |
few weeks they will be entirely re-
stored to their accustomed health:
Add two ounces of rock candy to each |
bottle of Pe-ru-na before using. Take |
a tablespoonful before each meal and |
at bedtime. Gradually increase this |
dose until, at the end of one month, |
you are taking two tablespoonfuls at a |
dose. This dose should be continued |
until every yestige of the symptoms
disappear.
Anyone desiring further particulars |
should write The Pe-ru-na Drug Man
ufacturing Co. of Columbus, o., for +
free copy of The Family Physicisn
No Pa most admirable treatise on La
Grippe, acute and chronic catarrh,
coughs, colds, and all other climatic |
diseases of winter.
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