Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-09
THE GRIP EPIDEMIC
Opinions of Ncw YORK Physicians ne
10 cause and Cure,


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 wsc-begonc express
sion on their faces Like all cpidemics
of this kind, few are exempt. IT attacks
the rich and poor alike and physicians are
being worked night and day.
To obtain reliable Information on this
most important subject reporter recently
called upon some Unknown physicians
to learn from them what he could do in
relation to it.
"All agreed on the opinion that tho
malady was rapidly increasing and that i'll
most cases it was OF an extremely danger
Gus nature"
zone medical man; who is said to havo
treated no less than one hundred grip
patients in a single week, said to The re-
porter"
Serious results will always follow an
attack of the grip II it is not properly
treated. Often 1t runs into pneumonia and
always it leaves unpleasant or dangerous
complications. 1t seems to 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 a sewer or a drain
clogged. Well. that is precisely the con-
dtion of the body that invites grip. The
fluids have no means of escape and so they
back up and flood everything, just as q
clogged sewer floods the street Is this
not natural? II is certainly true
when person is attacked by grip" the
doctor continued, 'he should not try to
fight off the sensations of cold aching limbs
and extreme WEAKNESS under the impress
sion that he has simply ordinary cold,
but should stay indoors, avoid excess of
eating and drinking and above all take
timely remedy"
The reporter being anxious to discover
what the public considered timely remedy
and was taking most, visited the leading
drug stores and interviewed the proprietors.
The general opinion was we'll expressed
by tue manager of a prominent Fifth Ave-
nue. pharmacy, who said: Grip? Yes. it
is raging. But 1t seems TO come in diff
ferent way from any former years. People
come into our 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
through the system You know the body is
like a city. All the waste matter must be
carried away. When the sewers do not work
there is trouble. People are peginnng 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 recommend any
thing, 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 physi-
clans and is very popular with the people.
Warmers 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 aviod-
ed if the proper remedy had been taken
in time Health is a serious matter and
especially at this season of the year, when
so many things are fighting bitterly
against ii.