Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-09
THE GRIP EPIDEMIC.
Opinions of New York Physisi""' W.
10 Cause and Cure.
(New York Exchange)


city Of which some member Is not ia'' VI
or az least attacked by the grip
"Vhile grip is the same old enemy j
eaems 70 be very different this seasoi
from other years. on the streets ah'
street-cars and in the churches one meets
with neople violently sneezing, with run
ming eyes. coughing, and win a woe
beeone expression on their races AAN'
all epidemics OF this Kind Few are eA'
e,,rt II attacks the rich and poor aiike
80 ,hrsicians are being worked night
and day. Att,
.ro obtain reliable information on this
most important subject reporter ie
Gently called upon some well-kno"n phS
siclans TO learn from them WHAT TIC
could do in relation to 1t.
can agreed on the opinion that the
malady was rapidly increasing, and that
I'm most cases it was of an extremely
dangerous nature.
cone medical man, who is said to have
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 If it is not properly
treated. Often 1t runs into pneumonia
and always it leaves unpleasant or uah'
gerous complications. 1t seems to De dil-
ferent this wear from ever before. My
experience has shown that the worst siip
comes when the body is clogged up anu
when the secretions fail to have the Ilsh'
exit.
"Have YOU ever seen a sewer or a dram
cIopeed? Well, that is precisely the con
dition of the body that invites grip Inc
fluids have no means of escape ana -
they back up and food everythins' just
as clogged sewer floods the street. Is
this not natural? 1t is certainly true
"When a person is attacked by grip
tbo doctor continued, "he should not Try
70 fight off the sensations Of cold. aching
limbs. and extreme WEAKNESS under the
impression that he has simply an ordl-
nary 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 timely
remedy and was taking most, visited the
leading drugstores and interviewed the
proprietors. The general opinion was wen
evnressed by the manager OF a prominent
Fifth-Avenue pharmacy, who SAID: GRIP
yos # 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 over
the body. They have headaches. II Is
true. but then they have backache, TOO,
and pains all through the system. You
know the body is like city. All the
waste matter must be carried away
when the sewers do not work there Is
trouble. People are beginning TO under
stand that they must keep the sewers
especially the kidneys, in good condition.
or they cannot hope 10 escape or regain
health. What is the remedy? Wen, we
have a store full of sO-called remedles'
but we have only one which our custom
ers find produces the effects desired. we
do not recommend anything, but can
tell you what the people use. IL Is some
thing reliable, something which Is certain
Ia unclog the system. something which
is recommended by physicians, ana Is
very popular with the peOple-Warner' S
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 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 SUI
ferng from colds, chtlls, grip, and the
ills of the season. Very often the serious
results which follow these attacks might
have been avoided if the proper remedy
had been taken in time. Health is Sc
rious matter. and especially al this sea-
son of the year when so many things are
fighting bitterly against it,