The Raymer enterprise., 1918-10-17
CURE FOR SPAN
|SH INFLUENZA

A cure for Spanish Influenza, au-
thorized by the American relief com
mittee and used by ii for thousands
of cases at the beginning of the war,
has been given to the Post by Mrs.
Albert Galltin Wheeler. who was a
member Of the committee in London,
and saw the remedy used time after
time. In August this year she used
1t for her younger brother. and he
was out OF danger in six hours, she
said. Mrs. Wheeley, who came here
to appear at the Shubert theater in
Experience, says that at the begin
ming of the war after the first battles
in Belgium. the slaughter was so ter
rible that for miles along the battle-
fields refugees who passed through
had to place cotton saturated with
carbolic acid in the nostrils to live.
Those that did survive and came to
England where they were cared for
by the American relief committee,
came down with a peculiar disease. II
started with sneezing. pains in the
legs and back, slight sore throat,
dull headache and chill These symp-
toms were followed by a terrific
fever with delirium. Hundreds Of
deaths resulted from the sickness
Of the dlsalsa stopred 'l'he rem, dy
1t met with success. and the death
rate was cut down, and the spread
kercheif oa II. pill .v al at,.Lt Is i
was given out and used by the Amer
ican relief committee.
The Remedy
/. When the patient first begins
to sneeze and finds difficulty in
breathing saturate handkerchief or
soft cloth with oil of eucalyptus or
spirits of camphor and let the patient
inhale the fumes. To put the hand
. VA 'egill * G: fever put
good plan.
?. With beginning of fever put
patients feet in foot bath of water as
hot as he can stand il, test with the
elbow. In the water dissolve a quarer
OF pound OF powdered dry mustard
This bath should completely cover
the feet and legs up to the knees
Keep water at the same hot tenn
perature by adding more, for q min
utes. Then dry the feet
3. After the foot bath, crate or
large strong white onions, very
finely al make Il pulp uf ihtm
Make bandages about inches wide
and bind the pulp on the inside OF
the wrist with the onion poultice in
direct contact with the skin, just over
the pal,a Arn.' Tho -" 3, he
feet list under ha, ,Llls
4. Daring the fever give the p
tient two teaspoons of sweet spirits Of
inter and half glass OF water at half
hour intervals. He should be al
lowed to drink all the water he
wants.
5. Every half hour sponge the
patients body with pure alcohol
8. If there is a pain at the base
OF the brain and a fever in the
head, place cloth with cracked ice at
the neck.
7. For labored breathing and in
namation OF the lungs, make poul-
tice of half pound OF garlic chopped
or ground into pulp Bind this
with the garlic next to the skin, close
up around the throat over the bron-
chial tubes
8. II there Is heaviness in the ears
cut two seeds of garlic and put
the freshly cut side in the ear gently
This will absorb the fever.
8. When the fever begins 10 break
give at least two TABLESPOONS Of cas-
tor oil with a little lemon Juice.
TO- In short time the patient
will begin to perspire. This perspir-
alton is greenish vallo% and poison
Gus. II should be wip, / from the ell
,iie body often with a dry cloth and
these cloths burned Immediately. The
nurse should wash her hands in a
solution Of lysol water. The sheets,
upon which the patient has lain,
should be plunged in a solution of
chloride of lime. Sending them to
the laundry will spread the disease.
IL. In six hours the fever should
be under control and the patient in
the stage of convalescence. During
this time he should lie in bed for
three or four days, warm and quiet.
Five-grain aspirin tablets and two
grain capsules Of salts of quinine may
be given during the earlier periods
OF the disease.
IL. For inflammation in the eyes,
use tea leaves, hot as the patient
can stand them, bound on the eyes