The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1892-02-19
ALARMING MORTAL STATISTICS
A Destroying Epidemic Abroad il.
Our Land.
La Grippe and Its Consequences More
Destructive than War and
FAMINE Combined.
Synopsis Of a Lecture at the sur-
gical Hotel by Or. s. 8.
Hartman.
Reported for the Press.

TS~ASS w - sses
true Of our own country at the pfeSs u
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 circumstances, have fallen .
prey to the fell destroyer, La Grippe.
Never was there plague so insidlous,
so omnipresent, to defy the skill Of the
physician and the strength Of the
patient as this pestilence. It does not
seem to spread like an ordinary epi-
demic; 1t seems to spring from the
ground spontaneously everywhere at
once. 1t finds its victims at mid-day;
or, like the destroying angel in Egypt.
it unsheathes its sword to strike the
unwary asleep in the dark watches Of
the night. 1t enters the novels Of
wretchedness and poverty, 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 balmia Gileal? No succoE
for the oppressed?
Without hesitation or fear of suc>
cessful contradiction I-ansNef. -
there is preventive Tor thssd
have remained, as yet, nntcy5ssd ~
this disease, a gure for 4 l 10 . "a
already its victims, and $ oui f3se .,
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 ailment, but are tremb-
ling with constant fear Of it, I desire
to say that tablespoonful of Pe-ru,na,
taken before each meal. is absoantelYl
reliable as preventive against II
Grippe; and no one need have any fear
of an attack of this disease SO long aS
this treatment is continued. IT, 81
absolute recklessness, for which there
is little or no excuse, for any one
during the unsettled weather at least.
to omit to take this precauticn. To.
those who are already attacked by this
disease I would advisc:At the appear.
ance Of the first symptoms treatment
should be begun at once, and keep,
strictly TO the house for few days.
No treatment, however effectual il
may be, will always prevent quite 8.
long siege with this disease, but mo-
other medicinal treatment is necessary
than Pe-ru-na. The directions, as they
are given on the bottle, are moro.
applicable to chronic diseases, and it
is advisable, during the acute
stages of the disease. to take smaller.
doses, but cftener. I would direct a,
tablespoonful of Pe.ru-na every two
hours for adults, and a correspondingly
less dose for children, until the AGATE
stage Is e1de1 Ttaff are a great
multitude d psOp}
land who have
health as q resu,,
have recovered from an att1g
Gnd themselves with weakened
deranged digestion, and with b
little ot their former powers.
is no disease known to man that
the system n such an 0ytnaea6
exasperating condition,
TAe student finds it is.
return to his hooks, I'll
man to his routing sf os
ths working man
any thing like their
evs n worse with the
deyotee Of fashion, H. ye ldel Id
employments alnaisa xecuperatp9
slower. Fof ttHiee1 Of sufferers Pc
ru-na is q speS&i :ASd do not hesitate
to guarantees thSt il anyone will take.
Peru NJ acnoe 1ine to the following
o'AoSClOup tks49NkWRNOW W00ho sVucy VtAt
be entirely rest0s to their aceuetonA Ad
health: AddSs1onnces ofrock IVY
to each htltsS1 Ee-ru-na before.H
Take q tx6lesp full before each
and at bedtime. Gradually inc.
this dose until, at the end OF one moi
you are taking two tablespoonfuls
dose. This Dose should be contiI
until every yestige Of tbs symp
disappear.
Anyone desiring further parties
Should write. Tho Re-rn-na
Misunderstanding Co. at Nolnmhl
ion 2 treeco Of The Family k
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