The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-10
THE GRIP EPIDEMIC
Opinions of New York Physicians as to
Cause and Cure.
(New York Exehangel


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
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
To obtain reliable information on this
most important subject reporter re-
Gently called upon some well-known
physicians to learn from them what
he could do in relation to it.
All agreed on the opinion that the
malady was rapidly increasing and
that in most cases it was Of an ex-
tremely dangerous nature"
"One medical man, who is said to
have treated no less than one hundred
grip patients in 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 wnen the secretions
fail to have the right exit
Have you ever seen a sewer or a
drain clogged. Well, that is precisely
the condition Of the body that invites
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 not
try to fight off the sensations of cold
aching limbs and extreme WEAKNESS
under the impression that he has sim
ply an ordinary cold, but should stay
indoors, avoid excess of eating and
drinking and above all take timely
remedy"
The reporter being anxious to discov-
er what the public considered a timely
remedy and was taking most, visited
the leading drug stores and interviewed
the proprietors. The general opinion
was well expressed by the manager Of
a prominent Fifth avenue pharmacy,
who said: Grip? Yes, it is raging. But
it seems to come in a different way
from any former years People come
into our store all clogged UP. Not nee
essarily in the head, but all over the
body. They have headaches, it is true,
but then they have 5ackache 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 beginning to I'M
derstand that they must keep the sew
ers, especially the kidneys, in good
condition, or they cannot hope to es-
cape 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 recon-
mend anything, but can tell you
what the people use. 1t is something
reliable, something which is certain 70
unclog the system, something which is
recommended by physicians and is very
popular with the people-Warners
Safe Cure. We look upon it as the
safest and the best remedy that any
one can take when suffering from the
many, many serious ailments so COM
mon 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
suffering from colds, chills, grip and
the ills of the season. Very often the
serious results which follow these at
tacks might have been avoided If the
proper remedy had 'been taken in time
Health is serious matter and espec-
tally at this season Of the year, when
SO many things are fighting bitterly