Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1890-06-15 | Page 5 | They Kept Him Busy

They Kept Him Unity Jumley to Puffer who is busy writing writ-ing i My presence does not disturb you does it Puffer Oh no I dont mind so long a s you dont do as jhat blanked idiot Willis did this morning Jnmley What did he do Puffer Ho gave me a handful of pea pa nuts Couldnt write for half an hour the h most striking of these mental perversities per-versities is to be found in the idea that the epidemic is to be treated by common com-mon sense or by nostra which have been largely advertised or by specifics which are known to tho laity mainly through their frequent mention in the daily press Those suffering under this delusion feel that it is wholly unnecessary to seek skilled assistance and they boldly dose themselves with remedies of whose power and properties they absolutely ignorant In Vienna according to The Lancet it has already been found necessary neces-sary to forbid the sale of antipyrin except ex-cept under doctors prescriptions as no less than seventeen deaths were attributed attrib-uted to stoppage of the hearts action owing to overdoses The freedom with which the prescription of this remedy has been assumed by the public has long been viewed with anxiety by the medical medi-cal profession and frequent warnings have already fallen upon deaf r n