Middletown transcript., 1901-02-16
HOW TO CURE GRIP

This is the beginning of the season,
which will last for at least four months,
when colds, catarrhal fevers. infuenzas
or grip will abound, says Popular Science
News. At this time when one has been
feeling uniformly in most excellent con-
dition, there may suddenly appear feel
ing of lassitude followed by a decided
chill or chillness, sudden and rapid rise
of temperature, quick tense pulse, mod
erately dry skin, great thirst, coated ton
que, constipated bowels, and unpleasant
tase in the mouth and general evidence
of checked or perverted secretions.
A not infrequent symptom will be a
general aching in all the muscles, joints
and bones, suggesting the old fashioned
''breakbone' fever. This group of symp-
toms may be the explanation OF "anly a
cold'' as it is frequently expressed, or is
may be the announcement of well de-
fined attack of grip, which now is we'll
known to everybody. It may be inter-
esting to recall that the grip, or old-time
Influenza" is due to specific poison,
the bacillus of Pfeiffer, which, while it it
asserted by some to be uninfuenced by
Soil, climate, season or atmospheric
changes, yet these conditions do materi-
ally affect the individual as related to
susceptibility.
There is much yet to be learned regard
ing the manner of development of these
remarkable outbreaks of influenza It
has been definitely established that with
this infection one attack does not carry
with it immunity against another as in
most other infections, but rather invites
or predisposes to repeated attacks.
Careful physicians who have studied
this disease and allied conditions are
uniformly of the opinion that it is one of
the severest tests of the equipment of the
individual, particularly one who has
reached 40 years of age. These so-called
colds, catarrhal fevers and influenza are
not only in themselves often of serious
import, but doubly SO in that they put
the individual nervous system below par,
figuratively speaking, reduce the power
of resistance, render the air passages
sensitive and susceptible to other infec-
tions. In other words their victim is in
a condition to yield readily to all forms
of disease.
The all important thing, then, is for
the invaded person to institute at once a
treatment favorable to prompt relief and
cure. Fortunately synthetic chemistry
has given us remedy in phenalgin,
which can be absolutely relied upon. In
adult doses of ten grains washed down by
good hot toddy at night Ito be repeated
in an hour if necessary, a prompt relief
to all discomforts will be secured. The
action of the phenalgin is not only to re-
lieve pain and distress, but to open up |
the excretory organs and correct the gen.
eral perversion of secretions as indicated |
by the bad taste in the mouth. In the |
unless the bowels have suffi-
GENTLY moved, a teaspoonful or two of sui |
phate of soda may be given in a glass of
hot water to flush them more thoroughly.
It may be well to continue the phenalgin
in fve-grain doses every three or four
hours for several days, to be followed
later by tonic composed as follows:
Capisicum grain, quinine 2 grains and
.trychnine 1-50 of grain, in a pill or
capsule three times a day.-7Re Neas
York Press.