CURE “LA GRIPPE” YOURSELF
By Alonzo T. Jones
Two years ago we published the following cure for la grippe. It then did many persons much good; and as there are many who are readers of the REVIEW now who were not then, we publish it again:— As winter has now come in full blast, la grippe is likely to make itself felt at any time. It is a dangerous thing, too; and if not broken up at the earliest possible moment, it will cause severe illness at present, and leave its mark upon the system for months to come. However, la grippe can be so effectually broken up that no one need be injured by it, nor necessarily confined to the house longer than to put himself through the treatment. And the treatment is so simple that it is within the reach of everybody; and it is so easily applied that any one can give it to himself if need be. And here it is:— 1. As soon as you discover that you have la grippe, put your feet, and up to the knees if possible, in water as hot as can be borne. 2. Keep the water as hot as can be borne, by putting in boiling water. 3. Continue this till perspiration is started. At the same time it is helpful, though not essential, to sip hot lemonade. 4. When perspiration has been well started, take out your feet, dry them quickly, wrap them in hot flannels, and lie down with hot-water bottles, hot bricks, or something of the kind, at your feet. 5. Lie there till you choose to get up; and la grippe will be killed. You will probably be too weak to do much; but as la grippe is gone, your strength will soon return. Now do not pass this treatment by as too simple to be followed, and go to taking medicine, or even a full bath. Follow these directions strictly, simple as they appear, and you will find la grippe effectually broken. I know this because I have thoroughly tested the treatment. I have tested it while on a journey, when I had only poor facilities, yet with complete success. I have tested it in a country cabin, within fifteen miles of the Russian border, in the month of December, on an attack of la grippe straight from Russia, and undiluted; and with such success as to miss but one sermon in a series of appointments. And others have applied it with equal success. There is true philosophy in it. And the philosophy lies here: La grippe, at its seizure, is peculiarly a disease of the head. Plainly, therefore, if the blood can be drawn away from the head, so that the disease shall have nothing to feed on, la grippe will have to fail. Holding the feet in water so hot, does effectually draw the blood to the farthest extremity from the head; and keeping the feet hot so long, holds the blood away from the head, so that the disease is robbed of support; it can not spread, and inevitably fails. A full bath, even though it be a Turkish or a Russian, is not effectual against la grippe; because the whole body is equally heated, the blood is made to bound more rapidly, and the disease is fed rather than starved. Follow these directions strictly, and nothing will fail but la grippe. If you have not had experience so that you are acquainted with la grippe, you can know that it is upon you by your eyes burning, your nose tickling, your head feeling large and full, and perhaps every joint and muscle of the body aching. But you need not wait for all these symptoms: one or two of them is enough to justify you in beginning proceedings.