The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-18
THE GRIP EPIDEMIC.
Opinions Of New York Physicians as to
Cause and Cure.
New York Exchange.)


"There is probably no family in the
city of which some member is not laid
up, or at least attacked by the grip"
while grip is the same old enemy, it
seems to be very different this season
from other years. On the streets and
street cars and in the churches one
meets with people violently sneezing,
with running eyes, coughing and with a
woe-begOne expression on their faces.
Like all epidemics of this kind, few
are exempt. 1t attacks the rich and
poor alike and physicians are being work
ed night and day.
To obtain reliable information on thi
most important subject reporter re
Gently called upon some well-known
physicians to learn from them what he
could do in relation to it.
CAN agreed on the opinion that the
malady was rapidly increasing and that
in most cases it was of an extremely
dangerous nature"
Zone medical man, who is said to have
treated no less than one hundred gfip
patients in a single week, said to the re
porter:
Serious results will always follow an
attack of the grip if it is not properly
treated Often it runs into pneumonia
and always it leaves unpleasant or dang
erous complications. 1t seems to be diff
erent this year from ever before. My
experience has shown that the wors
grip comes when the body is clogged u
and when the secretions fail to have
right exit"
"Have you ever seen q sewer or
drain clogged. Well, that is precisely
the condition of the body that invite
grip. The fluids have no means of es
cape and so they back up and flood
everything, just as a clogged sewer
floods the street. Is this not natural?
1t is certainly true
"When person is attacked by grip
the doctor continued, ''he should no
try to fight off the sensations of cold
aching limbs and extreme wearines
under the impression that he has sim
ply an ordinary cold, but should stay in
doors, avoid excess of eating and drink
ing and above all take timely remedy
The reporter being anxious to discove
what the public considered timel
remedy and was taking most, visited tn
leading drug stores and interviewed tn
proprietors. The general opinion was
well expressed by the manager of a
prominent Fifth Avenue pharmacy, VIII
said: Grip? Yes, it is raging. But
seems to come in a different way froI
any former years. People come into on
store all clogged up. Not necessarily in
| the head, but all over the body. They
have headaches, it is true, but then they
have backache too, and pains all throug
the system You know the body is lik
~ A hn flor
carried away. When the sewers do not
work there is trouble. People are be
ginning to understand that they must
keep the sewers especially the kidneys
in good condition. or they cannot hope
to escape or regain health. What is the
{ remedy? Well we have store full of
so-called remedies, but we have only
one which our customers find produces
the effects desired We do not recon-
mend anything, but / can tell you what
the people use. 1t is something reliable,
something which is certain to unclog the
system. something which is recommended
by physicians and is very popular with
the people--Warner's Safe Cure. We
look upon it as the safest and the best
remedy that anyone can take when SUI
fering from the many, many serious all
ments so common at this season of the
year.
This information is certainly of the
highest Importance in view Of the in
creasing number of people who are suf
fering from colds. chills, grip and the i'll
of the season. Very often the serious
results which follow these attacks might
haye been avoided if the proper remedy
had been taken in time. Health is a
serious matter and especially at this sea
son of the year. when so many thing
are fighting bitterly against it.
About the greatest drawback to
mans hannineSs is himself