Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-16
THE GRIP EPIDEMIC
0pinIon. OF New Yorl. l.nxn,cinnn !:
TO Cause nnd Cure.
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There is probably no family in the
city of which some member is not laid
up. or a least attacked by the grin.
While grip is the same old enemy. 1t
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
e-heSonc expression on their faces.
Like all epidcmios of this kind, few are
EXEMPT. Ii attacks the rich and poor
alike and physicians are being worked
night and day
TO obtain reliable information on this
most important subject IL reporter re-
Gently called upon some wcll-known
physicians To learn from them what he
could DO in relation to it.
All agreed on the opinion that the
nalady was rapidly increasing and that
III 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 Il single week, said TO
the rc-Ortcd:
= Serious results will always follow
an attack of the grip If II is not prop
crly 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
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fail TO have The right exit
Have YOU ever seen IL sewer or Il
drain clogEed. Well. that is precisely
the condition of the body that Invites
trin. The nuids have no means of cs-
cane aud SO they back uo and flood
everything. Just as clogged sewer
Hoods the street. Is this not natural?
1t is certainly true.
when a person is attacked by grip"
the doctor continued. ''he should not
N 10 off it..
aching limbs and extreme wearncss
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 Il timely
| remedy.
The reporter being anxious to discov-
cr what the public considered IL timely
| remedy and was taking most visited
| The leading drug stores ana interviewed
the rropretors. Tho general opinion
prnlninnat l'ifth avenue pharmacy,
who said: Grip? Yes II Is raging,
| l'ut 1t seems to come i'm n different way
! from any former years. People come
into our store all cloggod up. Not ne
| CeSsarily IN the head. but all over the
| b1dy. They have hcadachcS-it is true
! but then they have hacha4hc. too. and
| pains all through the system. You
know the body is like n city. All waste
matter must he Carried away. When
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/ People are beginning to understand
| mat They must keep the sewers. cspc-
| cialiy the Kidneys. in good condition
/ or they cannot hope To escape on re-
gain health What Is tine remedy?
We'll. we have % store full Of so-called
I remedies. but we have only one which
our customers find produces tho effects
desired. We Il" not recommend any
! thing, but can tell YOU what the poo-
! pie use II IS something reliable. some
thing which is certain to- unclog the
system. something which is recon-
| mcnGod By physicians and is very pop
| ular with the people Warmers Sarc
| cure. We look upon it as the safest
| and the best remedy that anyone can
take when suffering from the many,
| serious ailments 50 common at this sea-
son of the year"
This Information is certainly or the
| highest Importance in view of the in
! creasing number of people who are suc-
| lcrng from colds chlls. grin and tho
| Ills of the season. Very often the So
rinus results which follow these attacks
might have been avoided If the proper
| remedy had been taken in time. Health
/ IS a serious matter. ana especially at
| THIS season of the year. when so many
! things are lighting bitterly against it.