682 HYGIENIC TREATMENT. 



REMEDIES FOR LA GRIPPE. 



Dr. L. E. Keeley says that asafoetida will completely cure the worst cases 

 of la grippe, not only in its primary form, but will break up many of the COITQ- 

 plications arising from it. It is as absolute a cure for this disease as quinine is 

 for chills and fever. 



It is administered in the following manner: 



Take a four grain pill every three hours until four pills have been taken. 

 Repeat this treatment for four or five consecutive days, unless a cure is effected 

 sooner. 



Asafoatida is becoming a popular remedy for this disease among the farmers 

 in the rural districts. For a dose they usually take a pill three times a day, 

 the size of a grain of wheat. 



Sugar coated asafoetida pills can now be had at all drug stores. 



2. Take three grains ot quinine every hour for three consecutive hours, 

 then take a sponge bath with a larg<^ quantity of mustard added. Follow this 

 with a dose of from two to three tablespoonfuls of the very best brandy that 

 can be obtained, then retire. On the following day, if not cured, repeat this 

 treatment. Those accustomed to the use of spirituous drinks may take double 

 this amount of brandy. 



I have been almost uniformly successful in the cure of la grippe with this 

 treatment B. C. STEWART, M. D. 



3. Phenacetine has been successfully used in the treatment of la grippe. 

 It is given in three grain doses every three hours until the pain and fever 

 materially subsides; after that give three times a day. 



4. Dr. George Fox's treatment for la grippe. At the early stage of the 

 disease I give: Fluid extract of aconite, six drops; fluid extract of gelseminum, 

 thirty drops; water, four tablespoonfuls. Mix. 



Of this give one teaspoonful every two hours alternately with the following: 

 Fluid extract of bryonia, thirty drops; black cohosh, thirty drops; water, four 

 tablespoonfuls. Mix. 



Dose : One teaspoonf ul alternately with the above until the fever abates, 

 which it usually does in about six to twelve hours. Then I give Quinine-Beef- 

 Wine and Iron in teaspoonful doses three times a day until health is restored. 



This preparation can usually be found already prepared in almost all drug- 

 stores. I have not lost a case with this treatment. I employ with it the fol- 

 lowing accessory treatment. 



This disease is of a nervous character. The patient and the sick-room 

 should be kept very quiet. Administer a hot salt bath and repeat every three 

 days until the patient begins to recover. Commence the bath by placing 

 the face downward and apply to the back of the head, neck and spine, cloths 

 wrun<r out of the water as hot as can be born. When the bathing is completed, 

 care should be taken to remove from the bed all clothing that is wet or damp. 



Give frequent foot baths with mustard added. During convalescence the 

 patient should remain indoors, avoiding atmospheric changes, as there is great 

 tendency to relapse. The diet should be of the most nourishing character. 

 Avoid over-eating. 



5. A strong tea of mountain sage, drunk freely three times a day, has 

 been employed very successfully in the cure of this disease. 



NKW REMEDY. Red Pepper has lately proven to be a panacea for la grippe. 

 It is to be used as follows: Take a red-pepper pod (or a teaspoonful of ground 

 cayenne pepper), pour over this one-half pint of boiling water and let steep like 

 tea. Pour off the liquid into a bottle. Dose: A tablespoonful of the liquid in 

 a cup of hot water; sip slowly. Some can take it much stronger than others. 

 To be taken before each meal and on retiring at night. In severe cases take 

 every three hours. 



