Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-02-05
Destroying Epidemic Stalks
Abroad Through Our Beauti-
full Land.
LaGrippe and Its Consequences More
Destructive than War and
Famine Combined.
Synopsis of a Lecture at the Surei-
cal Hotel by DR.. 8. B. Hart
man,
Reported for the Press,

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1t was stated by the great recorder of
Jewish history, speaking Of the land of
Egypt after the seventh plague had been
sent upon them: "And there was a
great cry in Egypt; for there was not a
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 a great plague
is abroad in the land; that the first born
and last born has been slain in countless
households; that parents and infants
without regard to station or circum-
stances, have fallen a prey to the fell de-
stroyer, la grippe. Never was there a
plague SO insidious, so omnipresent, to
defy the skill of the physician and the
strength of the patient as this pestilence.
1t does not seem to spread like an ordi-
nary epidemic; it seems to spring from
the ground spontaneously everywhere at
once. 1t finds it's victims at midday: or.
like the destroying angel in Egypt, it
unsheathes its sword to strike the un-
weary asleep in the dark watches Of the
night. 1t enters the novels of wretched-
ness and poverty, and easily crosses the
threshold of wealth and luxury. Doc
tols 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 success
full contradiction I answer: Yes, there
is a preventive for those who have re-
NAMED, as yet, untouched with this d.
sease, a cure for those who are already
its victims, and a complete and perma-
nent restoration for those who have late
ly escaped it's clutches with weakened
and deranged bodies from which recov-
cry seems impossible. To those who
have thus far escaped this dreadful all
ment, but are trembling with constant
fear OF it, l desire to say that a table,
spoonful of Pe-ru-na, taken before each
meal, is absolutely reliable as a prevent
I've against la grippe; and no one need
have any fear of an attack of this d.
sease so long as this treatment is contin-
ued. 1t is absolute recklessness, for
which there is little or no excuse. for
any one, during the unsettled weather at
least, to omit to take this precaution.
10 those who are already attacked by,this
disease I would advise: At the appear
ance Of the first symptoms treatment
should be begun at once, and!keep strict
ly to the house for a few days. No treat
ment, however effectual it may be, will
always prevent quite a long siege with
this disease, but no other medical treat
ment is necessary than Pe-ru-na. The
directions, as they are given on the bot
tie, are more applicable to chronic d.
seases, and it is advisable, during the
acute stages Of the disease, to take
smaller doses, but oftener. I would d.
rect a tablespoonful of Pe-ru-na every
two hours for adults, and a correspond
ingly less dose for children until the
acute stage is ended.
There are a great multitude of people
in all parts of the land who have en-
tirely lost their health as a result of la
grippe; who have recovered from an at
tack, 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 working
man to his labors, with anything like
their old vigor. It is even worse with
the housewife and the devotee of fash.
ion, whose facilitating employmenta
make recuperation slower. Fol-
this class of sufferers Pe-ru-na is
q specific; and I do not hesitate
to guarantee that il anyone will take Pc
ru.na according to the following direc.
lions that In q few weeks they, Will be en-
tirely restored 10 their accustomed
health: Add two cunces of sock candy
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