The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-02-05
ALARMING MORAL STATISTICS
A Destroying Epidemic Abroad IN
Our Land.
La Grippe and Its Consequences Mole
Destructive than War and
Famine Combined.
synopsis OF Lecture at the Surgical Hotel
by DR.. S. B. Hartman.
REPORTED FOR THE PRESS.

hhfohrED FOk THE PRESS.
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 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 a great plague is
abroad In the land; that the first born and
last born has been slain i'm countless house
holds; that parents and infants, without re-
gard to station or circumstances, have fallen
prey to the fell destroyer, La Grippe.
Never was there a plague so insiduOus, so
Omnipresent, to defy the skill of the physi-
| clan 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. Ii finds its victims at midday; or
like the destOying angel in Egypt, it I'M
sheathes its sword to strike the unwary
asleep In the dark watches of the night. 1t
enters the novels of wretchedness and pow
erty, 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 answer: Yes, there is pre-
ventive for those who have remained, as yet,
untouched with this disease, cure for those
who are already its victims, and a complete
and permanent restoration for those who
have lately escaped its clutches with weak
ened and deranged bodies from which re-
covery seems impossible. To those who
have thus far escaped this dreadful ailment.
but are trembling with constant fear of it,
desire to say that a tablespoonful of Peru
ma, taken before each meal is absolutely re-
liable as a 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 absolute reeklessness, 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 with this disease /
would advise: At the appearance of the
| first symptoms treatment should he begun at
once, and keep strictly to the house for a
few days. No treatment, however effectual
it may be, will always prevent quite long
siege with this disease, but no other medic
inal treatment is necessary than Pe-rn-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
oftener. l would direct tablespoonful of
Pe-ru-na every two hours for adults, and a
correspondingly 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 entirely lost
their health as 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
7 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 impos-
sible 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. 1t is even worse with
| the housewife and the devotee of fashion,
whose facilitating employments make re-
cuperation slower. For this class of suffer
ers Pe-ru-na is a specific; and do not hest
tate to guarantee that if anyone will take
Pe-ru-na according to the following direc-
tons, that in few weeks they will be en-
tirely restored to their accustomed health:
Add two ounces of rock candy to each bot
tie of Pe-rn-na before using. Take table
spoonful before each meal and at bedtime.
Gradually increase this dose until, at the
end of one month, you are taking two table
spoonfuls at dose. This dose should be
continued until every vestige of the symp-
toms disappear.
Anyone desiring further particulars should
write the Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing Co.
of Columbus, Ohio, for a free copy of The
Family Physician No. "a most admirable
ueatise on La Grippe, acute and chronic ca
tarrh, coughs, colds and all other climatic
diseases of winter.