The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-02-18
THE GRIP EPIDEMIC.
Opinions of New York Physicians as
to Cause and Cure.
tNcw York Exchange.)


"Therc 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 sea-
son from other years. on the streets
and street cars and in the churches
one meets with people violently snee2-
ing, 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 worked night and day.
ITO obtain reliable information on
this most important subject a reporter
recently called upon some well known
physicians to learn from them what he
could do i'm relation to it.
"All agreed on the opinion that the
malady was rapidly increasing aud
that in most cases it was of an eX-
trcmely dangerous nature"
lone medical man, who is said to
have treated no less than one hundred
grip patients in a single week, said
to the reporter:
Serious results will always follow
an attack of the grip if it is not prop
erly treated. Often it runs into pneu-
monia and always it leaves unpleasant
or dangerous complications. 1t seems
to be different this year from ever be-
fore. My experience has shown that
the worst grip comes when the body
| is clogged up and when the seccctions
fail to have the right exit.
Have you ever seen a sewer or Il
drain clogged? Well, that is precise
! iy the condition of the body that in
! vites grip. The fluids have no means
! of escape and so they back up and
! flood everything, just as a cloggcd sew
/ cr Hoods the streets. Is this not nat
| ural? 1t is certainly true.
when a person is attacked by grip"
! the doctor continued, che should not
| try to fight off the sensations of cold,
! aching limbs and extreme wcdriness
| under the impression that he has sim
! ply an ordinary cold, but should stay
! indoors, avoid excess Of eating anl
! drinking, and, above all, take timely
! remedy"
The reporter being anxious to dis
| cover what the public considered q
! timely remedy and was taking most,
! visited the leading drug stores and
! interviewed the proprietors The gem
! cral opinion was well expressed by the
manager of a prominent Fifth avenue
! pharmacy, who said: Grip? Yes ii
| is raging. But it seems to come in a
| different way from any former years
! People come into our store all Clogged
up. Not necessarily in the head but
all oyer the body They have head
aches, it is true but then they nave
backache, too, and pains all through
the system. You know the BODY is
like n city. All the waste matter must
be carried away. When the sewers dc
! not work there is trouble. People are
! beginning to understand that they
| must Keep the sewers, especially the
| kidneys, in good condition or they can
| not 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 effects desired We
do not recommend anything, but ] can
| tell you what the people use. 1t Is
! something reliable, something which Is
| certain TO unclog the system, SOM
thing which is recommended by ply
sicians and is very popular with the
people-Warner's Safe Cure. We look
upon it as the safest and the best rem
| edy that anyone can take when suffer
ing from the many, many serious all.
| ments So common at this season of the
| year"
This information is certainly OF :hC
highest Importance i'm view Of the in.
| Creasing number of people who are suf.
fering from colds, chills, grip ana the
ills of the season. Very often the
serious results which follow these AT
tacks might have been avoided ii thJ
| proper remedy had been taken in time
| Health is a serious matter and rspcc,
tally at this season of the year, Wher
so many things are fighting bitterly
! against 1t.