Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-24
ALARMING MORTAL STATISTICS.
A DESTROYING BP1DEMIc ABROAD IN
DUB LAND
La. GRIPPE AND IT'S coNeEoUENcEs
MORE DESTRUCTIVE THAN WAR
AND FAMINE COMBINED.
Synopsis Of Lecture at the Surgical Hotel
by DR.. s. B. Hartman.
REPORTED FOR THE PRESS.

REPORTED FOX THE PRESS.
1t was stated by the great recorder Of
Jewish history, speaking of the land oil
Egypt after the seventh plague had been
sent Upon them: "And there was q great
cry in Egypt, for there was not house
where there was not some one dead"
Not quite SO tragic an utterance is true Of
our own country at the present time, but
certainly it is true that great plague is
abroad in the land; that the first born and
last born has been slain in n'count1ess house,
holds, that parents and infants, without
regard to station or circumstances, have
fallen aprey to the fell destroyer, La Grippe.
Never was there plague SO insidious, so
omnipresent. to defy the skill of the ply
sician and the strength of the patient as this
pestilence 1t does not seem to spread like
an ordinary epidemic, it seems to spring
from the ground spontaneously everywhere
at once. 1t finds its victims at midday; or,
like the destroying angel in Egypt, it un-
sheathes its sword to strike the unwary
asleep in the dark watches of the night. It
enters the novels of wretchedness and pow
ertv, and easily crosses the threshold of
wealth and luxury. Doctors seem to be
wholly unable to prevent its onset, to stay
its ravishes or mitigate its consequences Is
there no balm in Gilead? No succor for the
oppressed?
Without hesitation or fear of successful
contradiction 1 answer. Yes, there is
preventive for those who have remained, as
yet, untouched.with this disease, cure for
those who are already its victims, and d
complete and permanent restoration for
those who have lately escaped its clutches
with weakened and deranged bodies from
which recovery seems impossible. To those
who have thus far escaped this dreadful all
ment, but are trembling with constant fear
of it, desire to say that tablespoonful of
Pe-ru-na, taken. before each meal, Is abso-
lutely reliable as q preventive against La
Grippe; and no one need have any fear of
an attack of this disease SO long as this
treatment is continued. 1t is alb
solute recklessness, for which there,
is little or no excuse, for any one,
during the unsettled weather at 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 treatment, however efectual
it may be, will always prevent quite a long
siege with this disease, but no other med
ieinal treatment is necessary than Pe-ru-na.
The directions, as they are given on the bot
tie, are more applicable to chronic diseases,
and it is advisable, during the acute stages
of the disease, to take smaller doses, but
eftener. Iwould direct tablespoonful of
Pe-ru-na every two hours for adults, and a
eorrespondingly less dose tor children, until,
the acute stageis ended.
There are great multitude of people in.
all parts of the land who have entirely lost
their health as a result of La Grippe; who
have recovered from an attack, but find
themselves with weakened nerves, deranged
digestion, 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 exasperating condition as
La Grippe. The student finds it is impossible
TO return to his books, the professional man
to his routine of office work, and the work.
ing man to his labors, with anything like
their old vigor. 1t is even worse with the |
housewife and the devotee of fashion,
whose debilitating employments make re- |
cuperation slower. For this class of suffer- |
ers Pe-ru-na is a specifc and do not hesi- |
tate to guarantee that if anyone will take |
Pe-ru-na according to the following direc-
tions that in few weeks they will be en-
tlrely restored 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 bed
time. Gradually increase this dose until, at |
The end o! one month, you are taking two |
at dose. This dose should |
be continued until every vestige of the |
symptoms disappear.
Anyone desiring further particulars |
should write The Pe-ru-na Drug Manufac-
.uring Co., of Columbus o., for free copy /
q the Family Physician No. Pa most ad- |
1iirable treatise on La Grippe, acute and |
catafrh, coughs, colds, and all /
'ther climatic diseases of winter.