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Show ; SPANISH INFLUENZA WHAT- IS IS I; AND HOW IT SHOULD BE TREATED :' Nothing New Simply the Old Grip, or la Grippe, That, Was Epidemic in 1839-90, Only Then It Came From j Russia By Way of France and This Time By Way ! of Spain. j Go to Bed and Stay Quiet Take a Laxative Eat Plenty of Nourishing Food Keep I Up Your Strength Nature is the Only "Cure." ' ALWAYS CALL A DOCTOR NO OCCASION FOR PANIC. Spanish influenza, which appeared in Spain in May. has all the appearance ; of grip or la grippe, which has swept 'I' over the world In numerous epidemics v as far back as history runs. Hippocrates Hippoc-rates refers to an epidemic in -112 B. - C, which is regarded by many to have been influenza. Every century has had its attacks. Beginning with 1S31, this ; country has had five epidemics, the r last in 1S89-90. . There is no occasion for panic influenza in-fluenza itself has a very low porcent-! porcent-! ' age o fatalities not over one death ; cording to the N. C. Board of Health. The chief danger lies in complications i arising, attacking principally patients in a run down condition those who don't go to bed soon enough, or those i who get up too early, (j THE SYMPTOM 8. .'I Grip, or influenza, as It is now called, : usually begins with a chill, followed j by aching, feverlshness and sometimes i nausea and dizziness, and a general feeling of weakness and depression. The temperature is from 100 to 101 f and the fever usually lasts from three Iij to five days. The germs attack the mucous membrane, or lining of the air passages nose, throat and broncnial tubes there is usually a hard cough, especially bad at night, often times J a soro throat or tonsilitls, and fre-H fre-H qucntly all the appearances of a severe T head cold. l THE TREATMENT, j Go to bed at the first symptoms, not a only for vour own sake, but to avoid wi 8Pread'nE tho disease to others take IK a PUrgatlvo. cat plenty of nourishing a lood, remain perfectly quiet and don't 'orry. Quinine, Aspirin or Dover's K Powder, etc., may bo administered by K- be physician's directions to relieve K; the aching. But there is no cure or K specific for influenza the disease m roust run Its course. Naturo herself Mil throw off the attack if only you m keep up your strength. Tho chief dan-K, dan-K, Ker lies in the complications which K piay arise. Influenza so weakens the v bodily rosiatanco that there is danger of pneumonia or bronchitis develop-m. develop-m. 'Jto. and sometimes Inflammation of K the middle car; or heart affections. For m thp3e reasons, it is very Important ttiat 0 patient remain in bed until his 'ill fSth returns stay in bed at least Itti 0 days or mre after the fever has Ik r you or ic you aro ovor 50 or not wm!, i according to the seventv of the attack. at-tack. EXTERNAL APPLICATIONS. In order to stimulate the lining of the air passages to throw off the grip germs, to aid in loosening the ihlegm and keeping the air passages open, thus making the breathing easier, Vick's VapoRub will be found effective. effec-tive. Hot. wet towels should be applied over the throat, chest and back between be-tween the shoulder blades to open the pores. Then Vapo-Rub should be rubbed rub-bed in over the parts until the skin is red. spread on thickly and covered with two thicknesses of hot flannel cloths. Leave the clothing loose around the neck as the heat of the body liberates the ingredients in the form of vapors. These vapors, inhaled with each breath, carry the medication medica-tion directly to the parts" affected. At the same time. VapoRub is absorbed through and stimulates the skin, attracting at-tracting the blood to the surface, and thus aids in relieving the congestion within. HOW TO AVOID THE DISEASE. Evidence seems to- prove that this is a germ disease, spread principally bv human contact, chiefly through coughing, cough-ing, sneezing or spitting. So avoid persons per-sons having colds which means avoiding avoid-ing crowds common drinking cups, roller towels, etc. Keep up your bodily strength by plenty of exercise In the open air. and good food. KEEP FREE FROM COLDS. Above all, keep free from colds, as colds irritate the lining of the air pas-sages pas-sages and render them much better breeding places for tho germs. Use Vicks' VapoRub at the very first sign of a cold. For a head cold", melt a littlo VapoRub in a spoon and inhale the vapors, or hotter still, use VapoRub in a benzoin steam kettle. If this is not available use an ordinary tea-kettle. Fill half full of boiling water, put in half a teaspoon of VapoRub from time to time keep the kettle just slowly boiling and inhalo the steam arising. NOTE: Vick's VapoRub is the discovery dis-covery of a North Carolina druggist, who found how to combine, in salve form, Menthol and Camphor with such volatile oils as Eucalyptus, Th3"iue. Cubobs, etc., so that when the salve Is applied to the body heat, these 1ngre-dientB 1ngre-dientB aro liberated in the form of vapors. Vapo-Rub is comparatively new In Now York state and New England and a few western states, where it is just now being Introduced, but In other sections sec-tions of the country it is tho standard home remedy In more than a million homes for all forms of cold troubles. Over six million jars wero sold last year. It is particularly recommended "for children's croup or colds, since it is externally applied and therefore can be used as freely as desired -without tho slightest harmful effects. VapoRub Vapo-Rub can bo had in three sizes at nil druggists. Advertisement. oo : Read tho Classified Ads. oo Y Read the Classified Ads. if . 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