Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-01-01

Druggists
Your Health
and Its Care
INFLUENZA.

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II think | know onS rcason why
people are 40 apt to contract grippe
ur influenza from riding on an over.
packed, underyen,ilated street car"
said the passenger who sat near the
door.
why" asked tho curious eon-
ductor.
Welt you see" said the pnssen-
ger. grippe IN "A great traveller. II
'dendhoads' It's way around the
world It's carried for white In
the mouth, throat and bronchial
tubes ~ one person. then 'sncercd'
on to another. who carries II n little
further why. III bet there are
thousands OF these germs 'dcadhead-
ing their way on this car, now,
Il suppose YOU want me 10 try
and collect fnrcs from them" cut
In the conductor.
We'll II YOU could" replied the
passenger. there wouldn't need to
be any talk of raising the fare
again
hut" he continued. grippe does
travel around the world In waves or
I outbreaks The great epidemic OF
iSs9-90 was "a good example. II
seems, that on that occasion, the
grippe started In Russia In the latter
part of October. Hy November II
had spread through Germany and
France by December through Eng
land and this country, Ivy March u
had reached Australia and India and
by AptIl II appeared on tho Gold
Coast ~ West Africa. Some travel
Ing. eh'"
"Ncs." said tho conductor, but
| don't think they could do II ON IA
street car
why not9" asked the passenger,
speed for one thing. space for
another" said the conductor. The
way some ~ these people fight to
get into a ear would wilt even the
most w1tlikc germ. besides they
hardly leave room enough for even a
very thin germ To squeeze In
you probably don't know" re-
plled the passenger. that the grippe
germ IN one OF the smallest disease
producing bacteria known
Brrnking LAXATIVE Habit
r.. X: The establishment Of n
proper bowel function after "A long
continued constipation In very often
difficult. The measures To be em-
ployed are the use Of coarHer foods.
exercise In the open air, massnge of
the abdomen and regularity In habit.
n may not be possible nt once to
discontinue tho use OF the laxative
hut thes. should he used In the
smallest amounts which will he ef-
f.ctiye SIENNA leaves may be used
with stcwcd prunes Still more nc-
tive ntativeH are hloin, which IL
usually employed with helladonna
and strychnlne or caScnrn In some
form Either OF these may he OBJ
tanned from the druggist The eS-
act composition OF ~ proprietary
laxative YOU mentioe unknown to
me.
"Cilck" In Lower Jaw.
Corn. u. J. X: The "click' which
you notice IN YOUR lower Jaw ia due
To "A slight roughness In the Joints
socket. II II not In reality a dislo-
cation Of the law, aud occurs In sOinc
people II may he annoying but not
serious.
Sciatica.
Mrs &. u. For u more accurate
diagnosis OF the condition which you
believe to be "sciatica' and rehu-
mntiSm" 40 To the most competent
physician available and do not ex
pee, anyone to give YOU Immediate
rclict
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