Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-03
FIGHTING THE GRIP.
A Physician Tells How to Prevent 1t
and How to Get Over 1t.
THE HEALTHY PERSON is SAFE.
Efforts of the W. G. 7. 0. to Introduce Ply.
sical Ethics in School.
HOW LEAN PEOPLE CAN GET FAT
WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH. ]

WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH
There is no denying the fact that the griI
| has paid us its annual visit again, and its
| prevalency is becoming so epidemic that
the Christmas holidays were robbed of halt
their enjoyment. The peculiar atmospheric
changes which generally take place during
the month of December create colds and
sore throats on every side, and develop the
disease germs of the grip with wonderful
rapidity. A vivid idea of the suffering
caused by the grip last winter may still be
in the minds of many. so that words of pre-
caution may be eagerly needed.
Those who have had one attack of the
grip are not proof against it, as is the case
with many diseases, but on the contrary
they are more liable to a second attack.
The general health of the patient should be
kept good, and few sanitary regulations
observed. The mouth and throat are the
places most susceptible to the attack of the
germs, and one should look to these care
fully. No exposure of the throat or chest
should be allowed, and every precaution
should be taken to prevent colds. Although
the germs are in the air, and may be
breathed in through the nose or mouth at
any moment, they cannot find lodgment
and favorable surroundings if the person Is
careful.
Physical vigor Safeguard.
In no disease is it more true than the
grip that strong, healthy vigorous pc rson
can throw off the germs successfully if he
is careful of his health. The grip becomes
epidemic in places. The germs not only
float in the air, but are secreted in the dust
of cities. They are carried from one house
to another by various means. When. it is
prevalent in q town or city, extra precau-
tions are needed. Avoid those as much as
possible who are continually coughing
Don't breathe the same air which sufferers
from the disease have expired. Boil all of
the water which is used, for in some in
stances the germs seem to be communicated
through the drinking water. Avoid the
night air as much as possible, for like ma
laria germs the grip germs float in the night
air more than in the day. The wet, cloudy,
damp days should be spent indoors as much
as possible.
Finally, isolate every member of the
family that is taken down with a cold, from
the others If the children in the public
schools are suffering from severe colds and
the grip, teachers should order their parents
to keep them home. When the first symptoms
of slight cold manifest themselves, act
promptly. Take good dose of quinine,
and 60 to bed early, and wrap up in the
blankets to have good sweat, or drink a
bowl of hot lemonade, with little rum in
it, soak the feet in hot water, and retire. If
this does not break the cold on the follow
ing morning keep in the house, and get a !
physician to prescribe for you. Rest for
days will often do more good than medi-
cine.
Epidemics of Other Diseases.
After the grip whole train of other !
diseases become epidemic, which are more
fatal than the first complaint. Pneumonia
IS the most common, and where it sets in |
where the grip has enfeebIed the person,
1eath is pretty apt to follow. Convalescent |