With the recurrence of la grippe comes the old prescription of whiskey. Dr. Geo. F. Shrady, Gen. Grant’s physician, on being asked if whiskey was a good preventive of the disease, answered: "Whiskey is never good to ward off anything. Good food is the best means with which to ward off disease. To dose with whiskey is like adding shavings to the fire. There is no physical, mental or moral excuse for a man’s drinking whiskey as a preventive of disease."