The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-18
THE GRIP EPIDEMIC.
Opinions of New York Physicians as
to Cause and Cure.
New York Exchanged

'NThere 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. It attacks the rich and poor
alike and physicians are being worked
night and day.
To obtain reliable information on this
most important subject a reporter re-
Gently called upon some weII-known
physicians to learn from them what he
could do in relation to it.
'.A1 agreed on the opinion that the
malady was rapidly increasing and that
in most cases it was of an extremely
dangerous nature"
One medical man, who Is said to have
treated no less than one hundred grip
patients in a single week, said to the
reporter"
attack of the grip if it is not properly
treated Often it runs into pneumonia
and always it leaves unpleasant or dan
gerous complications. 1t seems to be
different this year from ever before My
experience has shown that the worst
grip comes when the body is c1ogged
up and when the secretions fail to have
the right exit"
Have you ever seen a sewer or a
drain cIogged. Well, that is precisely
the condition of the body that invites
grip. The fluids have no means of
escape and so they back up and flood
everything, just as a clogged sewer
foods the street. Is this not natural?
It 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 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 a timely
remedy"
The reporter being anxious to dis
cover what the public considered a
timely remedy and was taking most,
visited the leading drug stores and in
terviewed the proprietors. The general
opinion was well expressed by the man
ager of a prominent Fifth Avenue phar-
macy, who said: Grip? Yes, it is
raging. But it seems to come in a diff
ferent way from any former years Peo-
pie 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 backaches 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 con-
dition, 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 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
physicians 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 the
highest Importance in view of the in
creasing number of people who are suf-
fering from colds, cfills, grip and the
ills of the season. Very often the SER
ious results which follow these attacks
might have been avoided 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 it.