The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-03-30

Alcohol A. Remedy for the Grippe.
George D. swalns, NJ. d. Detroit.
Mich. is an expert in the treatment
q grippe and other cold weather COM
plants. lie advises against the COM
mon practice of taking whisky ana
quinine as a remedy for the prevailing
Inc popular belief in the efficacy
o. quinine and whisky as remedy for
grippe Is one of the inventions ST the
devil he says and causes more
deaths than would occur If no treat
ment at an We're resorted 10. ouinine
is . much abused drug. and when ta-
Ken IN whisky often. If not always
does positive harm. In an cases Of
grippe we find the victim SUFFERING
from one Of three onditions-oppres.
sion, depression or exhaustion-and
sometimes two or these conditions
combined. OF these conditions no one
out a physician is competent to judge.
and as the indications for treatment 4
are different for the widely different
conditions, no single prescription can
possibly NJ all cases and the promis-
cuous and general use OF any prescrin-
uon potent enough to be Of benefit in
any case Is liable to do harm to many.
Especially is this true OF quinlne and
whisky. / was superintendent OF the
board Of Health Of Dakota during the
worst epidemic OF grippe that ever
visited that territory. and the saloon
keepers, In a spirit OF liberalitv "a
kept a Jar Of quinine standing on the
counter, 50 that every man who inn
aslned he had an attack Of eripna
'ouid help himself TO qunine without
Increasing the price Of bis whisky 4
ne number Of sudden deaths during i
we months, variously stated as apo I
Aexy heart failure. congestion OF the /
rain and kidneys. was 20s. and an in +
estigation revealed the fact that lO4 v
these cases, that Is 80 per cent =
'ere men who had taken from one to ii
DhF doses Of qulnine and whisky II
'ithin few hours. And sixty-elqht
aa taken a large dose Of quinine on =
oing 70 bed, while twenty-three had
runk largely OF whisky aIohe Tho
'maining thirteen cases we're an fat
en-, and had succumbed 10 The fat 4
ans deadly enemy. pneumonia y
very student Of physiology knows p
at when a person Is stimulated =
owe the normal point BY the absorp-
n OF an aleohol in any form. there
" pc corresponding depression. when
efect Of the stimulant has worn th
and reaction sets. In. and the vital be-
'ces fall just as FAR below the nor. fr
y as they have been stimulated th'
oYe i. Ia other words. alcohol N civ
form Aifta you up and then drops era
z with a thud that often proves IA Pr
In the condition that have de- wa
lped as oppression. the system 4 in
ded with the products OF tissue day
'amorphosis, and It would be dan era
Gus, Il not fatal. to give a powerful rcsi
g Ike quinine until these products mel
been eliminated Briefly the cies
ltment for the above-named con- thei
on can be summed up as follows thai
cases Of oppression. eliminate. IA and
ression, stimulate. n cases of er- 10
stion, feed. IN a typical case the whe
stage is one Of oppression. the unis
nd stage Of depression. and the uor
stage that Of exhaustion. 81 OF befo
last two combined. In conclusion you,
1nld say that anyone who has las.
Iine attack Of grip win have
ln for remembering it ia after
i they do not persist in thor
~ getting rid Of Il. and the many "a
alae that are sure 10 follow sifi
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