The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-03
TO CURE TIE GRIP
Remedies Which May Be
Speedily Applied in the
Home Circle.
THF EFrIoAcIoUs vApoR BATH
Use Of the bot Water Bag The
Stage a Stepping Stone to
Greatness Cheese
Canapes.

i am divided between two opinions
said a woman yesterday. Il don't know
whether TO get wildly intoxicated on
whisky, or throw myself out of the third
story window. Respect for myself pre-
vents the former and respect for my
hosts house prevents the latter
She had the grip, and was in that
preliminary state of depression which
every one who has suffered knows so
well.
THAT the influenza is here no one will
doubt who listens to the coughing and
sneezing of an audience.
And it is just these people who persist
in not having a doctor that need sugges-
tions, as to simple home remedies. Those
first aids to the injured which mean the
ounce of prevention.
There are various measures and reme-
dies which may be safely taken without
consulting a physician, and which will
do much to mitigate the severity of an
attack, If they do not disperse it alto
gether.
To be effective they must be resorted to
at the first signs of the illness, which are
identical with those of a severe cold. At
first a chill and generally creepy feel
ing, followed by a severe headache. With
this thre is a feeling of tightness across
the forehead; also a tenderness and wa
tering of the eyes, together with sneez-
ing. These are followed by more or less
fever, and a dreadful aching of the back
and legs-in fact, an ache which goes all
over.
The old remedies of calomel, quinine
and Dover powders, have been shelved
more or less. Now we take those prepa-
ation known as analgesics, such as
saHol, anticamnia, and Sphenacetine in
these emergencies.
Salol will be found a w 9uable remedy
especially for anyone with rheumatic
tendencies. Capsules containing phe-
nacetine and salol are an excellent COM
bination. Anticamnia is a good remedy
and is less of a depressant than anti
pyrene. 1t is, however, rather a dan
gerous remedy, for people with feeble
action of the heart. Antipyrene will
be valuable where there is a great deal
of fever. in which case it should be
taken with forty drops of aromatic
spirits of ammonia. This last, it should
be remembered, is an entirely different
thing from the ordinary household am
monia, which is a poison.
Aside from these general remedies,
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adopted promptly. A hot bath. either a
portion of mustard has been placed.
Then. go to bed. This cannot be too
greaitly sem Ta q @II, as complete ard aa
breaking up an attack of grip or influe
enza than any other. one thing.
Extra covers Should be placed on the
bed, and it is an excellent plan to place
a large screen around the bed to keep
off any possible draughts. A framed
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bran or oatmeal to be placed over the
chest. covering it entirely, and .extend-
Ing e up to the chin. a steaming ho,
being perhaps the most palatable. but
whisky and water is the most efica-
cious.
hours II possible . Hse M The He next 'Wds ay dreas
in a warm room, after a complete rub
towel. Avoid ali draughts for = few
days and venture out only IL the
weather is bright and sunny.
A few hints in conclusion as to the
best method of giving a vapor bath.
Place q couple of red5hot bricks in a
TIN pan and pour boiling water over
tlreiy underessed on a wooden kitchen
chair over this pan. Pin around her a.
thick blanket, we'll secured at the throat,
surrounding the chair completely with
This, SO that no breath of air can reach
rhe body. Take care that a piece of fan
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directly to the steam.
The seat of the chair should be suf-
fciently wide to secure the person from
direct contact with the scalding evapora-
ton from below.
The tub used in giving a foot bath
should be large enough to receive both
feet at once, and deep enough for the
water to cover the legs to the knees.
Fill the tub nearly two-thirds full with
hot water. and add boiling water grad
uauy to the utmost degree that can be
borne without blistering the skin. A hot
water bag, which should be regarded as
an essential in every household. is par
ticularly desirable in his case. 1t shtald
be placed at the small of the hack. 1t
may be advisable to explain that this
is the extreme end of the spine, and to
save readers from the difficulties into
which a West Philadelphia household
fell recently. The departing family doc
tor said carelessly as he was closing the
door at the end of his visit, ''Ohi place
a hot water bag at the small of the
back" In carrying out these instruc-
tions the question rose, where the small
of the back was. 1t was ~variously loca-
ted by the different members of the fam
lily all the way from the base of the era
MUM to the bend of the knees. The dis
pute was only finally settled by calling
the doctor up over the phone. to solve
the mixed problem.
If one finds ones mind getting into a
depressed state, one should grasp at any
read trash, discuss one's neighbors, crit
icise ones friends, anything that Will
tend to Danish gloomy, analytical tenden-
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