The times., 1899-02-11
TIE GRIP EPIDEMIC
Opinions of New York Phy-icians a.
to Cause and Cure.
(Ncw York Exchauge.D

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. il
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 sneczing. with running eyes,
coughing and with a woebegone express
sion on their faces. Like all Cpidomius Of
this kind. few are exempt. II attacks The
rich and poor alike and physicians ase be-
ing worked night and day.
To obtain reliable information or this
most important subject. reporter recently
called upon some well known physicians to
learn from them what he could do in reia-
tion 10 it.
All agreed on the opinion that the NAL
ady was rapidly increasing and that in
most cases it was of an extremely danger
Gus nature.
One medical man, who is said TO have
treated no less than one hundred grip pa
tients in a single week, said TO the re-
porter:
Serious results VIII always follow an
attack OF the grip if it is not properly
treated. Often it runs into pneumonia and
always it leaves unpleasant or dangerous
complications. II seems 10 be different this
year from ever before. My experience has
shown that the worst grip comes when the
body is clogged up and when the secretions
fail to have the right exit.
Have you ever seen sewer or a drain
clogged? Well, that is precisely the condi-
tion of the body that invites grip. The
fluids have no means of escape, and so they
back up and flood everything. just as
clogged sewer floods the street. Is this not
natural? II is certainly true.
When a person is attacked by grip the
doctor continued, he should not try TO
fight off the sensations of cold, aching
limbs, and extreme weariness under the
impression that he has simply an ordinary
cold. but should stay indoors. avoid excess
OF eating and drinking. and above all take
a timely remedy"
The reporter being anxious to discover
what the public considered a timely rem
edy and was taking most, visited the lead
ing drug stores and interviewed the pro-
prietors. The general opinion was well
expressed by the manager of a prominent
Fifth Avenue pharmacy, who said: Grip?
Yes, il is raging. But it seems TO come in
a different way from any former years.
People come into our store all cloggsd up.
Not necessarily in the head, but all over
the body. They have headaches, il is true,
but then they have backache too and
pains all through the system. You know
the body is like a city. All the waste mat
ter must be carried away. When the sew
ers do not work there is trouble. People
are beginning to understand that they
must keep the sewers, especially the kid
neys. in good condition, or they cannot
hope TO escape or regain health. What is
the remedy? Well We have a store full OF
so-called remedies, but We have only one
which our customers find produces the ef-
fects desired. We do not recommend any
thing, but l can tell you what the people
use. II is something reliable, something
which is certain to unclog the system,
something which is recommended by ply
sicians and is very popular with the peu-
pIe-Warner's Safe Cure We look upon
it as the safest and the best remedy that
anyone can take when suffering from the
many, many serious ailments so common
at this season of the year"
This information is certainly of the high
est importance. in view OF the increasing
number of people who are suffering from
colds. chills. grip, and the ills of the sea
son Very often the serious results which
follow these attacks might have been
avoided if the proper remedy had been
taken in time. Health is a serious mat
ter, and especially at this season of the
year, when so many things are fighting
bitterly against it.