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Show SPANISH INFLUENZA JUST GRIP CAMOUFLAGED. -UNDER A M NAME , Most Authorities Now Agree That This1 Disease Is Simply the Old-Fashioned Old-Fashioned Grip, the Same That Has Swept Over, the World Times Without Number. Since 1831 the United States Has Had Five Epidemics. - The Last -Epidemic in 1889-90 Came From Russia by Way of France and Was Given a French Name, La Grippe. This Time It Comes by Way of Spain. , - ORIGIN OF THE DISEASE. Spanish Influenza, which appeared in Spain in May, has swept over the world i numerous epidemics as far back as history runs. Hippocrates rerers tot an epidemic in 412 B. C. which is regarded by many to have been influenza. Every Ev-ery century has had its attacks. Beginning Be-ginning with 1831, this country has had five epidemics, the last in 1880-90. THE SYMPTOMS. " Grip, or influenza, as it is now callod. usually begins with a chill! fojlowed by aching, feverishnes and sometimes nau- sea and dizziness, and a general feeling of weakness and depression.. The temperature tem-perature is from 100 to 104, and the fever fe-ver usually lasts from three to five days. The germs attack the mucous membrane, or lining of the air passages nose, throat and bronchial tubes there is usually a hard cough, especially bad at night, often times a sore throat or tonsilitis, and frequently all the appearances appear-ances of a severe head cold. THE TREATMENT. Go to bed at the first symptoms take a purgative, eat plenty of nourishing food, remain perfectly quiet and don't worry. Nature herself is the only "cure" for Influenza and will throw off the attack at-tack if only you conserve your strength. A little Quinine, Aspirin or Dover's Powder Pow-der may be given by the physician's directions di-rections to allay the aching. Always call a doctor, since the chief danger of grip is in its weakening effect on" the system, which allows complications to develop. These are chiefly pneumonia and bronchitis, sometimes inflammation of the middle ear, or heart affections. For these reasons, i is very important that the patient remain in bed until his strength returns stay in bed at least two days or more after the fever has left you, or, if you are over 50 or not strong, stay in bed four days or more, according to the severity of the attack. EXTERNAL APPLICATIONS. In order to 'stimulate the lining of the air passages to throjv off tiie grip germs, to aid' in loosening the phlegm and keeping the air passages open, thus making the breathing easier. Vick's VapoUub will be found effective. Hot, wet towels should be applied over the throat, chest and back between the shoulder blades to open the, pores. Then VapoRub should be rubbed in over the parts until the skin is red, spread on thickly and covered with two tliie.k- clothing loose around the neck, as( the heat of the body liheratcs the ingredients in the form of vapors. These vapors, inhaled in-haled with eacli breath, carry the medication medi-cation directly to the parts affects. At the same time, VapoRub is absorbed through and stimulates the skin, attracting attract-ing the blood to the surface, and thus i aids in relieving the congestion within. NO OCCASION FOR PANIC. There is no occasion for panic influenza influ-enza or grip has a very low percentage of fatalities not over one death out .of every four hundred cases, according to the N. C. Board of Health. The chief danger lies in complications arising, attacking at-tacking patients in a run-down condition those who don't go to bed soon enough, or those who get up too early. ' HOW TO AVOID THE DISEASE. Evidence seems to prove that this is a germ disease, spread principally by human contact, chiefly through coughing, cough-ing, sneezing or spitting. ,So avoid persons per-sons having colds whih means .avoiding .avoid-ing crowds common drinking cups.' roller rol-ler towels, etc. Keep up your bodily strength by plenty of exercise in the open air, and good food. KEEP FREE FROM COLDS. 9 Above all, avoid colds, as colds irritate irri-tate the lining of the air passages and render them much better breeding places for the germs. Use Vick's VapoRub at the very first sign of a cold. For a head cold, melt a little VapoRub in a spoon and inhale the vapors, or, better still, use VapoRub in a benzoin steam kettle. If 4his is not available, use an ordinary teakettle. Fill half-full of boiling water, put in half a teaspoon -'of VapoRub from time to time keep the kettle just slowly boiling and inhale the steam arising. NOTE Vick's VapoUub is the discovery discov-ery of a North Carolina druggist, who found how to combine, in saLvc form, Menthol and Camphor with such volatile oils as Eucalyptus, Thyme, Cubebs, etc., so that when tho salve is applied to the body heat, these ingredients are liberated liber-ated in the form of vapors. VapoRub can be had in three sizes at all druggists. drug-gists. While comparatively new in certain cer-tain parts of the North, it is the standard stand-ard home remedy in the South and West for all forms of cold troubles over six miHion jars were sold last year. "VapoRub "Vapo-Rub is particularly recommended for children's croup or colds, as it- is ex- tenia! ly applied and can, therefore, be used freely and often, without the slightest slight-est harmful effects. (Advertisement.) |
