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Show A M-MHM lOlt UUIl'IT. Tiir grlpieexhts In Ibis Territory, particularly In this city, to a cum Id erable extent. On the oth of April, HOI, there apprared an article on this disease In thu ew York HVJ over the signature cf Carl Heller, a ibsl clau of learning an J reiute. We are Informed by a well known citizen cf rialt Lake that a gmttcnnn from the Last, now lu this city, states (nvltlve lythat beknowt iersonall of a large numWrof case cf the malady which have Uen cured by (bo sieclllo recommended by Or. Hetltr. In the I hope tlmtlt may Leofs rvlcu toaufTsr-era toaufTsr-era from the duetto lu this locality, I we reproduce the article referred tut "Asarulolibi not Utleve In giving I medical matteri tithe re, but In this nme, lnvoh Ing m It doe the lutereai and welfare or tberominunlty at large, I do tiotbwlUio to glte thedwlied lofuruia tlon) In fact, I consider It my duty (o do "Tbo dl mm- wblch was so cjl lsinlo In the I juiern cities it winter, and hiw o much lucn SHod the death rate lu Chicago ant Pittsburg lit particularly ibis year, I not wballa dcMTlbed and known .'Inline .'In-line 117V or Ma grlf pe,1 but Is a disease of the utrvous ays cm which slIVitt llmt part of tho human organhtu primarily and quickly sprvadi to other organ, par- . lirulsrly th tnucnui membranes thruueh-out thruueh-out the body. "I havo uUcnod the pfculUrltle of 1 thli hliberlo unknown alfectlon for over fo iears, and have noteil tt widespread geographical dUtrlbiitlnu In this country, having recolwl answers to Inquiries made as to Its prescure simultaneously front the tiuwt eaitUrn art of Mnlnej from llrownsvllle, Texaiif fromTauija, lla., and fruniHtialtle, ah. "The flrfct publlcatlnn of the pccullarU lips nf this inula ly was made by mo through au Interview u bill hod April I, 18,"!), Nut knovrlrig tbo cautatloit and ehsraoter or IhodUcaut, I caltetl It 'it, and still peter Ihli aipellatlmt to lite j misleading mm on 'grippe and 'IdIIii- j "I then read a pspcr Ufore tbo Amtrl i ean Medltal AvcUlIuii at Newport, on fjmift-7, iwj. giving all tho ym wm, 1 t,tcullarllleaitd vaarlesef I he dliease, I as well a tie specifio trealmtnt which still 1 uot surtaxed by any other at tho prreuttlme. "The pnrer wai published lu the tffli-rif tffli-rif uii'f .Si.Viif V;r"rr, AtigimtU lvxt. Another lapr ublUlmt lit the saute mmllral Journal In January, Ws give the symptoms of "It" a cennpreil with thodliTircDidlftCAu-B for which It might be, and frequently h lecu, mUtaken. lu that paj 1 r 1 again reitcratotha specltio action of benzoalonf mhU" In allovUt log 1 rumpily nil the symptoms Utter than any other drug that has Uk n adiulu l.tcre-1. "Ihesyinptotiii asoutllnnil In tho article ar-ticle In the MeiKculnwt Surgical llrjwtrr and Its vsgariea are that 'It may clly membln typhoid fwar, pitnu-moula, pitnu-moula, diphtheria, aggravated d)spepals, uploal menlngUlis, tiilUmmatlon of tho brain, mcalos, war let fever, varlousskln dltwmcn (uch a ectomi, htve Uchcu, etc.), uen on-, j rotratlun,aurIculir rhou-mattam rhou-mattam and a numUr of other autlctlon too numurous to tnsuilon, " It U, however, easily reeognlxed by the fact that no mailer ht the utber sj iiiploms mny 1 e, the s) mptuhis 1 havo elescrlbed, namely, low puUo rate, high leuiperaturo between 2 and 3 a. in, a lightly e-oated but moltl tonuuo, absAuco of thlrvt anl more or Iei profuse iriplrHllou called forth by the Might t lucutat or physical exertion, are 1 reeiit, further more, the specltio rnmedy a1ove mentioned, men-tioned, that Is, bonzont of sods, will, If 'It hi the caune of the syiiij turns promr t-ly t-ly lower tho temperature and rellove the pain, while If other dlneasi a are the rmue oltbetroublo the hcuxoateof aotla, although al-though perfectly hariuleai, will havo no rllstt whatever. " Tbo dUeao I not self llmltedt (but ; Ibo AiicutdreN not Kpt wdII IMotalono or erroueoualy triatrd, but the dUeiue Uiomo chronlo ami may lat jorjrurN, Ml1 rloibly rcatmbU a slats of tbo sjstcm entniiionl called malaria, Tor want of erudkatlou on tho part of tlo jhystclau or from prctid!co or through supentltlmi uf the Ully, lnai-inucli lnai-inucli as the symptoms are chllllnoss, alti mating with tUliet of heat, nervous net, loss of appetlto. Indefinite p,ilna genrntly doMcrlbM ai heilai.ho but often of-ten lu tho llmbi an bark, loss of memory, mem-ory, dulluois of Intellect aud, what ht more charaUerUtlo than anything eNe, ulmoit com j leto lota of ambition. I have frequently pocn casos in which this rhronlo form of 'UM has produced Insanity, temporary or rmamnt, ulio parol j nil, muspular wotkne. of either thoupper or lower llmbi, td finally death fruin heart fvlluro. '4'okt mortem ovsmlnstlona Imvo show n that In the nmre ehroulo cases all tho organs w Ideh aro ot vlUl iu)iwriitno, siieh tbo inucouKmetubrauos through out the buly, tho llur aud silevn, the puuerens the brnln and the heart are ftiTVctod auddUoasedcxtti t IheLIJnpjs, an 1 It U tliN fart which prompted !r, tllagjv eirSf Loul, as well ai mvuH toouiplo) the bonroatttuf soda und oihtr dtuteties together with hurt vtlmulaiits, In the form of nUohol, whether It be brand,, whUkyorany other teimdy of tbat c', in combat this dUcano, itid the rtfliillinnt truly mirvelous to behold. "V tu tho liuittllon of thodUeite, 1 infullnvtiUallou at the paihologUal laborntory oftlie Unlvrrlt or Pcnnl vim la, tho libmttory of the Vrmj Mwlletl Mmeitni lu Washington, in) own privaiL lal Mtorv, aw welt an othei tinrnton 1, h in fillo 1 u) Mutcly tndl iv nr hi J immtiriue lwyund doub an eillia germ or mlcroorg mUiti which might I e looked ujon a the esu or even the dlrert Inoetitlve to tho epIdcniK 'The allegM discovery of thebarllttii by a Chicago phTsIHaii In view eif lb above sUtemont of facts I evidently au error of Judgment Llko yellow fsver, we are compollod to look upon "It" a adauiedii4to a chemWI polou produced pro-duced without the body and yurcKlucel Intu the system by the air Inhaled or the rood and water taken inj but wbal pro. dmes thli ilon, which, no doubt, Is a ptomalue, U a vet unknown. Tills, however, is an Indubitable frt borne out by the ev.jrlne of many ex ' rellcnt an 1 reputable phjalelana all over thocounir thst'benioateof so.1,' given In ter.grslndoei everv two hours, alw bol lu one-hulf onnos doses every four hours and absolute nt will e ur without ' further medication cw of W In Its actite form, In forty-eight hours to three ds s. "An addition ot such diuretics at buchu and wtet aplrlta of nitre, together with aloobol In one half ounce doM tbreo or four lltnes a day, will speedily brinx about a recovery lu the chroma essea. InaMiiUfb, as the heart Is wwikewd by the etlwt of the polvon tiwu the nerve csntres, all drugs liavlnga ten leney to ilepreH Ihe heart's action should l avoided, particularly thnae new remeillei, such as antlpyrlne, anllfthrlne tbensce'loo and other like derivative of coal tar dUtlllailon, tho physlologleal action of which we as yet but half understand. In llko man nor should other well known antipyretic, and rtkttlrly quinine, m t be given, as tbey Invariably decrcato the comfort or (he pullent, lower the temwrauiro but very Ilttto and rolong Ibo duration of the attack " |
