Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-04
How 10 Cure Grip.

This is the beginning Of the season.
which will last for at least six months.
when colds, catarrhal fevers, in
fluenzas or grip will abound. says
Popular Science News. At this time
when one has been feeling uniformly in
a most excellent condition. there may
suddenly appear feeling of lassitude
followed by decided chill or chilli
ness. a sudden and rapid rise of tenn
perature. quick tense pulse, moderate
ly dry skin. great thirst. coated ton
que. constipated bowels, an unpleasant
taste in the mouth and general evil
dence of checked or perverted secre-
tions.
a not infrequent symptom will be n
general aching in all the muscles,
joints and bones. suggesting the old
fashioned break bone" fever. This
group symptoms may he the exp1ana-
ton of only cold" as is frequently
expressed. or it may be the announce
ment of a well-defincd attack of the
grip which now is well-knoWn to every
body. 1t may be interesting II recall
that the grip, or old time Influenza"
is due to a specific poison the bacillus
of Pfeiffer. which, while II Is asserted
by some to be uniniluenced BY soil
climate. season or atmospheric
changes, yet these conditions do ma
terially affect the individual as related
to susceptibility.
There is much yet to be learned re
carding the manner of development Of
these remarkable outbreaks of in
fluenZa. 1t has been definitely estah-
lished that with this infection one at
tack does not carry with it immunity
against another as in most other in
fections. but rather invites or pre-
dispOscs to repeated attacks.
Careful physicians who have studied
this disease and allied conditions are
uniformly of the opinion that it is one
of the sevcrest tests of the equipment
of the individual. particularly one who
has reached 40 years of age. These So
called colds, catarrhal fevers and in
fluenzas are not only in themselves
often of serious import but doubly so
in that they put the individual ner-
vous system below par. figuratvely
speaking, reduce the power Of rcsis-
lance, render the air passages SenSi-
tive and susceptible to other infec-
tons In other words, their victim is
in condition to yield readily to all
forms of disease.
The all important thing. then. is for
The invaded person t. institute at once
| treatment favorable to prompt re-
lief and cure. Fortunately synthetic
chemistry has given us a remedy in
phenalgin. which can be absolutely
relied upon. In adult doses of ten
grains washed down by a good hot
toddy at night Ito be repeated in an
hour IL necessary, q prompt relief to
all discomforts will be secured. The
| action of the phenalgin is not only to
relieve pain and distress. but to open
up the eXecretory organs and correct
the general perversion of secretions as
Indicated by the bad taste in the
mouth etc. In the morning. unless the
bowels have sufficiently moved. a tea
spoonful or two of sulphate of soda
may be given in a glass of hot water
to flush them more thoroughly 1t
may be we'll to continue the phenalgin
in five-grain doses every three or four
hours for several days. to be followed
later by tonic composed as follows:
Caplscum. l grain. quinine grains and
strychnine 1-50 of a grain in a pill or
capsule three times a day.