The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1892-02-06
ALARMING MORTAL STATISTICS.
A DESTROYING Epidemic Abroad in
Our Land.
LA Grippe and Its Consequences More
Destructive than War and
Famine Combined.
Synopsis OF Lecture at the Surgical
Hotel by Dr.. s. b. Hartman.
Reported for the fress.

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: ssAnd there was
a great cry in Egypt; for there was
not house where there was not some
one dead
Not quite so tragic an utterance is
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 countless households; that parents
and infants, without regard to station
or circumstances, have fallen a prey to
the fell destroyer, La Grippe. Never
was there a plague so insidlous, so ON
nipresent, 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; 1t
seems to spring from the ground spon-
taneously everywhere at once. 1t finds
its victims at midday; or, like the de-
stroying angel in Egypt, it unsheaths
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 con-
sequences. Is there no balm in Gilead =!
No-succor for the oppressed?
Without hesitatIons sor fear of success
ftal II iS
II preventive for those who have re-
mained as yet untouched with this dis
ease, q cure for those who are already
Its victims, and a complete and per
manent restoration for those who have
lately escaped its clutches with weak
ened and deranged bodies from which
recovery seem impossible. TO those
who have thus far escaped this dreadful
ailment, but are trembling with con.
stant fear of it, desire to say that 6
tablespoonful of Pe-ru-na, taken be.
fore each meal, is absolutely reliable
as preventive against La Grippe
and no one need have any fear of al
attack of this disease so long as this
treatment Is continued. 1t is absolut,
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 o
the first symptoms treatment shoul6
be begun at once, and keep strictly
to the house for few days. No treat
ment, however effectual it may be
will always prevent quite long siege
with this disease, but no other medi
cinal treatment is necessary than Pc
ru-na. The directions, as they ar,
given on the bottle, are more applica
BILE to chronic diseases, and it is advis
able, during the acute stages of th'
disease, to take smaller doses, bu
oftener. / would direct tablespoonful
of Pe-ru-na every two hours for adults
and a correspondingly less dose fo
children, until the acute stage il
ended.
There are great multitude of peo
pie in all parts of the land who hav,
entirely lost their health as a result o
La Grippe; who have recovered from
an attack, but find themselves will
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 Sucl
an outrageous and exasperating con
dition, as La Grippe. The SUDDEN
finds it is impossible to return 10 hi
books, the professional man to hi
routine of Office work, and the work
ing man to his labors, with anything
like their old yigor. 1t is even wors'
with the housewife and the devotee o
fashion, whose debilitating employ
ments make recuperation slower. Fo
this class of sufferers Pe-ru-na is
specific; and l do not hesitate t,
guarantee that if anyone will tax,
Pe-ru-na according to the followin.
directions that in few weeks the,
will be restored to their accustome,
health: Add two ounces of rock cand,
to each bottle of Pe-ru-na before using
Take tablespoonful before each mea
and at bedtime. Gradually increas
this dose until, at the end of on
month, you are taking two tablespoon
fuls at dose. This dose should b.
continued until every vestige of, tn
symptoms disappear.
Anyone desiring further particular
should write The Pe-ru-na Drug Man
ufacturing Co., of Columbus, o., for
free copy of The Family Physician Nc
Pa most admirable treatise on L
Grippe, acute and chronic catarrl
coughs, colds, and all other climati
diseases of winter.