INFLUENZA. • "AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION WORTH A POUND OF CURJS." It has been truly stated that "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cire." The New Zealand public are again face to face with an Influenza epidemic similar to that, which has been raging in other parts of tho world. At such a time it behoves each individual in the community to keep a close wai"vh on himself and maintain the usual standard of health. A dese of Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills two or three times a week or one or two pills each night is advised. It would also be advisable to take ftom o to 10 grains of Aspirin t«o or three times daily if feeling out of s,orts, or 10 grains of Quinine on retiring at night at tho same tune the pills are taken. A common cold can usually !»•? broken tin if either Quinine or Aspirin is taken with I>r. Morse's Indian Root Pills as directed on tho first indication. Petroleum Oils, Salts, Tonics and other so-called remedies are of little use to cleanse the system and keep these germs in cho?k: infect. they will have a tendency to aggravate an alrcndv dorancrel gnstrfic condition. Dr. .Morse's Indian Root Pills arc a searching, cleansing remedv, and will drive these germs out of tne system. j Should, however, an attack of Influenza develop, los* no time in ending for-the fmr.ily doctor and go to bed at once. This is the best advice that can bo given. Unn't try to dcctnr yourself. If you have the real Influenza your digestion will bo a wm-k, your head, legs, and back will ache, v:>ur heirt nation will be affected. anci you will have a temperature. These conditions ncvl the attention of a skilled medical attendant. He may continue the treatment indicated above or ho may not, hft it win only he safe for the person nfTertnl, to at one* go to Vrd when tho first definite Infliienra svr'Mcrns appear, and place yourself wnolly and unreservedly in the doctor's care. 034 "If prohibition came in it. would merely become a question of evading the law. and for the people to form that habit would bo a bad thing for the country. This campaign for prohibition is not dealing honcEtly with one of the most solemn questions affecting tho whole future of our national life, became everyone who looks seriously at thu present conditions knows prohibition to be impossible." I'Advt.] —Lady Henry Somerset.
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Press, Volume LV, Issue 16703, 11 December 1919, Page 2
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